Brown Rat vs acácia-mimosa

Rattus norvegicus compared with Pithecellobium dulce

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Brown Rat	acácia-mimosa
Kingdom	Animalia (Animals)	Plantae (plantas)
Phylum	Chordata (cordados)	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)
Class	Mammalia (mamíferos)	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)
Order	Rodentia (Roedores)	Fabales (Legumes & Allies)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Fabaceae
Genus	Rattus	Pithecellobium
Species	Rattus norvegicus	Pithecellobium dulce

Conservation Status

Brown Rat

LC — Least Concern

acácia-mimosa

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Brown Rat	acácia-mimosa
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).

acácia-mimosa

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, tropical and subtropical dry broadleaf forests, and flooded grasslands and savannas, among 6 distinct biome types. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (26 countries), Asia (18 countries), North America (14 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (9 countries), and South America (6 countries).

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 30 countries:

🇦🇬 Antigua and Barbuda 🇦🇺 Australia 🇧🇸 Bahamas 🇧🇧 Barbados 🇧🇷 Brazil 🇨🇻 Cabo Verde 🇨🇱 Chile 🇨🇴 Colombia 🇨🇺 Cuba 🇩🇲 Dominica 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic 🇪🇬 Egypt 🇫🇯 Fiji 🇬🇩 Grenada 🇬🇾 Guyana 🇮🇷 Iran 🇮🇶 Iraq 🇯🇲 Jamaica 🇲🇭 Marshall Islands 🇲🇺 Mauritius 🇫🇲 Micronesia 🇵🇼 Palau 🇻🇨 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 🇼🇸 Samoa 🇸🇳 Senegal 🇸🇨 Seychelles 🇸🇬 Singapore 🇹🇼 Taiwan 🇹🇴 Tonga 🇺🇸 United States