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title: "Common Rough Woodlouse"
description: "Porcellio scaber — Other animals. Porcellio scaber (otherwise known as the common rough woodlouse or simply rough woodlouse), is a species of woodlouse native to Europe but with a cosmopolitan distribution."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/common-rough-woodlouse
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# Common Rough Woodlouse

> Porcellio scaber — Other animals. Porcellio scaber (otherwise known as the common rough woodlouse or simply rough woodlouse), is a species of woodlouse native to Europe but with a cosmopolitan distribution.

- Scientific name: *Porcellio scaber*
- Category: `other` (Other animals)
- Habitats: `forest` (Forest), `urban` (Towns & gardens)
- iNaturalist observations: 70531
- Wikidata: [Q21171](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21171)
- iNaturalist taxon: [122238](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/122238)

## Names

- en: Common Rough Woodlouse
- de: Kellerassel
- es: Cochinilla europea
- fr: Porcellion rugueux
- nl: Ruwe pissebed
- pl: Prosionek szorstki

## Countries with the most observations

US (17511), GB (11120), CA (6032), DE (5366), FR (4323), AU (3692), NZ (2710), NL (2118), PL (1892), DK (1662), AT (1061), BE (853)

## Summary

Porcellio scaber (otherwise known as the common rough woodlouse or simply rough woodlouse), is a species of woodlouse native to Europe but with a cosmopolitan distribution. They are often found in large numbers in most regions, with many species (shrews, centipedes, toads, spiders and even some birds) preying on them.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porcellio_scaber

## Photo

![Common Rough Woodlouse](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/common-rough-woodlouse/medium.jpg)

Photo: Peter de Lange · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/33350089

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/common-rough-woodlouse?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).