Brown rats can grow up to 27 cm in body length with tails nearly as long.
Brown rats are highly adaptable and found on every continent except Antarctica.
They can survive falls from up to 15 meters due to their agility and flexibility.
A single brown rat can produce over 2,000 offspring in its lifetime.
Brown rats are excellent swimmers and can hold their breath for up to 3 minutes.
They have an acute sense of smell with about 1,200 smell receptors, often used in scent detection tasks.
The Biggest Animals:
#45
The Heaviest Animals:
#44
The Fastest Animals:
#42
The Longest Living Animals:
#45
The Biggest Land Animals:
#33
The Heaviest Land Animals:
#33
The Fastest Land Animals:
#31
The Biggest Land Carnivores:
#14
0.27 meters
1 kilo
6 years
13 kmph
