Brown Rat vs Lemon Pachyphloeus

Rattus norvegicus compared with Pachyphlodes citrina

Key Differences

Brown Rat is Least Concern while Lemon Pachyphloeus is Data Deficient.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Brown Rat	Lemon Pachyphloeus
Kingdom	Animalia (động vật)	Fungi (nấm)
Phylum	Chordata (động vật có dây sống)	Ascomycota (Sac Fungi)
Class	Mammalia (lớp Thú)	Pezizomycetes (Pezizomycetes)
Order	Rodentia (Bộ Gặm nhấm)	Pezizales (Pezizales)
Family	Muridae (Mice & Rats)	Pezizaceae
Genus	Rattus	Pachyphlodes
Species	Rattus norvegicus	Pachyphlodes citrina

Conservation Status

Brown Rat

LC — Least Concern

Lemon Pachyphloeus

DD — Data Deficient

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Brown Rat	Lemon Pachyphloeus
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).

Lemon Pachyphloeus

Habitat

Native to Europe, inhabiting ecosystems characteristic of the region.

Range

Distributed across Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.

Brown Rat

Brown Rat (Rattus norvegicus) is classified as Least Concern (LC) on the IUCN Red List. Widespread and abundant across its range, with stable populations and no immediate conservation concerns.