Rattus norvegicus

(J. Berkenhout, 1769)

Brown Rat

Female at nest with 11 new-born.  Also as Common Rat|Domestic Rat|Fancy Rat|Lab Rat|Norway Rat|Sewer Rat.
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Location:UK, England, Surrey, Tolworth Laboratory StudioDate taken:Jan 1, 1979

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 755

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Supramyomorpha
Infraorder : Myomorphi
Superfamily : Muroidea
Family : Muridae
Subfamily : Murinae
Tribe : Rattini
Genus : Rattus

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Berkenhout, J. 1769. Outlines of the Natural History of Great Britain and Ireland. Vol. I. Comprehending the Animal Kingdom. P. Elmsly, London, 233 pp.

Original name as described

Mus Norvegicus

Other common names

Common Rat · Domestic Rat · Fancy Rat · Lab Rat · Norway Rat · Sewer Rat

Type material

lost (number not known)

Type kind

nonexistent

Type locality

"Great Britain."

Biogeographic realm

Palearctic

Country distribution

Iceland · Ireland · United Kingdom · Portugal · Spain · France · Luxembourg · Belgium · Netherlands · Germany · Denmark · Switzerland · Liechtenstein · Italy · Austria · Czech Republic · Hungary · Slovakia · Slovenia · Croatia · Bosnia and Herzegovina · North Macedonia · Serbia · Kosovo · Albania · Greece · Bulgaria · Romania · Poland · Moldova · Ukraine · Belarus · Lithuania · Latvia · Estonia · Norway · Sweden · Finland · Russia · Georgia · Armenia · Azerbaijan · Turkey · Cyprus · Lebanon · Israel · Palestine · Egypt · Jordan · Syria · Iran · Turkmenistan · Uzbekistan · Tajikistan · Kyrgyzstan · Kazakhstan · Mongolia · China

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details.

Total: 75 names and synonyms.

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