Brown Rat vs Manjirioba

Rattus norvegicus compared with Senna occidentalis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Brown Rat	Manjirioba
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	Senna
Species	Rattus norvegicus	Senna occidentalis

Conservation Status

Brown Rat

LC — Least Concern

Manjirioba

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Brown Rat	Manjirioba
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).

Manjirioba

Habitat

Found across multiple habitat types including tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests, montane grasslands and shrublands, and deserts and xeric shrublands, among 4 distinct biome types spanning the Afrotropic and Indomalayan realms. Populations are also found in montane and highland environments at higher elevations.

Range

Widely distributed across Africa (40 countries), Asia (19 countries), Europe (8 countries), North America (7 countries), Oceania and the Pacific (13 countries), and South America (Brazil, Colombia, Guyana).

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 40 countries:

🇦🇴 Angola 🇦🇺 Australia 🇧🇸 Bahamas 🇧🇪 Belgium 🇧🇷 Brazil 🇨🇴 Colombia 🇨🇺 Cuba 🇩🇰 Denmark 🇩🇲 Dominica 🇪🇬 Egypt 🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea 🇫🇯 Fiji 🇫🇷 France 🇬🇩 Grenada 🇬🇾 Guyana 🇮🇷 Iran 🇮🇶 Iraq 🇯🇵 Japan 🇲🇭 Marshall Islands 🇲🇺 Mauritius 🇫🇲 Micronesia 🇳🇦 Namibia 🇳🇱 Netherlands 🇳🇴 Norway 🇵🇼 Palau 🇼🇸 Samoa 🇸🇹 Sao Tome and Principe 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia 🇸🇳 Senegal 🇸🇨 Seychelles 🇸🇬 Singapore 🇿🇦 South Africa 🇪🇸 Spain 🇸🇪 Sweden 🇹🇼 Taiwan 🇹🇴 Tonga 🇹🇻 Tuvalu 🇬🇧 United Kingdom 🇺🇸 United States 🇻🇺 Vanuatu