Brown Rat vs Dew-Thread

Rattus norvegicus compared with Drosera filiformis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Brown Rat	Dew-Thread
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (plantas)
Phylum	Chordata (cordados)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (mamíferos)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Roedores)	Caryophyllales (Caryophyllales)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Droseraceae
Genus	Rattus	Drosera
Species	Rattus norvegicus	Drosera filiformis

Conservation Status

Brown Rat

LC — Least Concern

Dew-Thread

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Brown Rat	Dew-Thread
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).

Dew-Thread

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Range

Distributed across Canada and United States.

Brown Rat

O rato-pardo (Rattus norvegicus) está classificado como Pouco Preocupante (LC) na Lista Vermelha da IUCN. Amplamente distribuído e abundante em sua área de ocorrência, com populações estáveis e sem preocupações de conservação imediatas.

Shared Countries

Both species can be found in 2 countries:

🇨🇦 Canada 🇺🇸 United States