Brown Rat vs Stinking iris

Rattus norvegicus compared with Iris foetidissima

Key Differences

• Brown Rat is Least Concern while Stinking iris is Not Evaluated.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Brown Rat	Stinking iris
Kingdom same	Animalia (동물)	Animalia (동물)
Phylum	Chordata (척삭동물)	Arthropoda (절지동물)
Class	Mammalia (포유류)	Insecta (곤충)
Order	Rodentia (설치류)	Mantodea (사마귀목)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Eremiaphilidae
Genus	Rattus	Iris
Species	Rattus norvegicus	Iris foetidissima

Evolutionary Relationship

Brown Rat and Stinking iris share a common ancestor at the Kingdom level: Animalia. (동물)

Conservation Status

Brown Rat

LC — Least Concern

Stinking iris

NE — Not Evaluated

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Brown Rat	Stinking iris
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Brown Rat

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and tropical and subtropical grasslands and savannas, among 10 distinct biome types. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (11 countries), Asia (15 countries), Europe (41 countries), North America (16 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (10 countries), and South America (10 countries).

Stinking iris

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Widely distributed across Europe (8 countries), North America (Canada, United States), and Oceania and the Pacific (Australia, New Zealand).

Brown Rat

집쥐(Rattus norvegicus)는 IUCN 적색목록에서 관심대상(LC)으로 분류됩니다. 분포 범위 전반에 걸쳐 널리 서식하며 개체 수가 안정적으로 유지되고 있어 즉각적인 보전 우려가 없습니다.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 12 countries:

🇦🇺 Australia 🇧🇪 Belgium 🇨🇦 Canada 🇭🇷 Croatia 🇮🇪 Ireland 🇮🇹 Italy 🇳🇿 New Zealand 🇵🇹 Portugal 🇸🇮 Slovenia 🇪🇸 Spain 🇨🇭 Switzerland 🇺🇸 United States