Rattus - Wikipedia Rattus is a genus of muroid rodents, all typically called rats However, the term rat can also be applied to rodent species outside of this genus The best-known Rattus species are the black rat (R rattus) and the brown rat (R norvegicus) The group is generally known as the Old World rats or true rats and originated in Asia
Rat | Rodent Species, Habitats Characteristics | Britannica rat, (genus Rattus), the term generally and indiscriminately applied to numerous members of several rodent families having bodies longer than about 12 cm, or 5 inches (Smaller thin-tailed rodents are just as often indiscriminately referred to as mice )
ADW: Rattus rattus: INFORMATION Rattus rattus is a disease vector, responsible for bubonic plague outbreaks and other diseases This cosmopolitan species hosts a wide variety of internal and external parasites, up to 18 species of gastrointestinal helminths in some areas
Different Types of Rat Species in North America | EcoGuard In North America the primary rat species of concern within the genus Rattus are the black rat (Rattus rattus) and the brown rat (Rattus norvegicus) While many rodents are referred to as "rats" due to similarities in appearance and behavior, not all belong to the Rattus genus
Rat Animal Facts - Rattus rattus - A-Z Animals Rattus is the medieval Latin name for a rat The black rat is also called a house rat This animal belongs to the Muridae family and the classification Mammalia Other species include: These animals can have black, brown, gray, or white fur They have two big ears, dark eyes, and long whiskers
Rats - National Geographic Of the dozens of species in the genus Rattus, the most familiar are those which commonly live among us: the brown rat (also known as the Norway rat or sewer rat) and the black rat (also called a
Rattus - an overview | ScienceDirect Topics Rattus rattus (also known as the “black rat”, “house rat”, “ship rat” or “roof rat”) is a rodent species that originated in Asia and has subsequently spread to inhabit every continent with the only known exception being Antarctica (Aplin et al , 2011)
Rattus rattus (black rat) | CABI Compendium - CABI Digital Library A native of the Indian sub-continent, R rattus has now spread throughout the world It is widespread in forest and woodlands as well as being able to live in and around buildings It will feed on and damage almost any edible thing The black rat is most frequently identified with catastrophic declines of birds on islands
Black Rat (Rattus rattus) - iNaturalist The black rat (Rattus rattus), also known as the ship rat, roof rat, house rat, is a common long-tailed rodent of the genus Rattus (rats) in the subfamily Murinae The species originated in tropical Asia and spread through the Near East in Roman times before reaching Europe by the 1st century and spreading with Europeans across the world
Black rat - Wikipedia The black rat (Rattus rattus), also known as the roof rat, ship rat, or house rat, is a common long-tailed rodent of the stereotypical rat genus Rattus, in the subfamily Murinae [1] It likely originated in the Indian subcontinent , but is now found worldwide