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Rattus norvegicus (Berkenhout, 1769)

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Outlines of the Natural History of Great Britain and Ireland vol.1 p.5
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Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
class
Mammalia
order
Rodentia
family
Muridae
genus
Rattus
species
Rattus norvegicus

Name

Synonyms
Epimys norvegicus (Berkenhout, 1769)
Epimys norvegicus socer Miller, 1914
Mus caraco Pallas, 1779
Mus caspius Oken, 1816
Mus decumanoides Hodgson, 1841
Mus decumanus Pallas, 1779
Mus decumanus hybridus Bechstein, 1800
Mus decumanus major Hoffmann, 1887
Mus griseipectus Milne-Edwards, 1872
Mus hibernicus Thompson, 1837
Mus humiliatus Milne-Edwards, 1868
Mus javanus Hermann, 1804
Mus magnirostris Mearns, 1905
Mus maniculatus Wagner, 1848
Mus maurus Waterhouse, 1837
Mus norvegicus Berkenhout, 1769
Mus norvegicus praestans Trouessart, 1904
Mus ouangthomae Milne-Edwards, 1871
Mus plumbeus Milne-Edwards, 1874
Mus surmolottus Severinus, 1779
Homonyms
Rattus norvegicus (Berkenhout, 1769)
Common names
Brong rat in Luxembourgish
Brown Rat in English
Brown Rat in English
Brown Rat in English
Brown Rat in English
Brown Rat in English
Brown Rat in English
Brown Rat, Norway Rat, Common Rat in English
Brown Rat, Norway Rat, Common Rat in English
Brown rat in English
Brown rat in English
Bruine rat in Dutch
Bruine rat in Dutch
Brun rotte in Danish
Brun rotte in Danish
Brun råtta in Swedish
Brunrotte in Norwegian
Brúnrotta in Icelandic
Common Rat in English
Common Rat in English
Common Rat in English
Domestic Rat in English
Domestic Rat in English
Domestic Rat in English
Fancy Rat in English
Fancy Rat in English
Fancy Rat in English
Far tal-Kampanja in Maltese
Göçmen siçan in Turkish
Lab Rat in English
Lab Rat in English
Lab Rat in English
Miu i murrme i kanaleve in Albanian
Norway Rat in English
Norway Rat in English
Norway Rat in English
Norway Rat in English
Norway Rat in English
Norway rat in English
Norway rat in English
Norway rat in English
Norway rat in language.
Norway rat in language.
Potkan in Czech
Potkan hnedý in Slovak
Rat Brun in English
Rat Brun in English
Rat brun in English
Rat surmulot in French
Rat surmulot in French

Bibliographic References

  1. Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, and A. L. Gardner, 1987: Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada. Resource Publication, no. 166. 79.
  2. Belgian Forum on Invasive Species BFIS (2000-2016) Harmonia database. http://ias.biodiversity.be (accessed 2016). http://ias.biodiversity.be
  3. Delivering Alien Invasive Species Inventories for Europe DAISIE (2003-2016) Alien Species Database. http://www.europe-aliens.org (accessed 2016). http://www.europe-aliens.org
  4. Ellerman, J. R., and T. C. S. Morrison-Scott, 1966: null. Checklist of Palaearctic and Indian Mammals 1758 to 1946, 2nd edition. 810.
  5. GB Non-native Species Secretariat (2016) GB Non-native Species Information Portal. https://secure.fera.defra.gov.uk/nonnativespecies/home/index.cfm (accessed 2016). https://secure.fera.defra.gov.uk/nonnativespecies/home/index.cfm
  6. Hall, R. (2016-05-01 22:00:00) Däggdjur
  7. Invasive Species Specialist Group ISSG (2016) Global Invasive Species Database. http://www.issg.org/database (accessed 2016). http://www.issg.org/database
  8. Keller RP, Ermgassen PSEz, Aldridge DC (2009) Vectors and Timing of Freshwater Invasions in Great Britain. Conservation Biology 23:1526–1534. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1523-1739.2009.01249.x
  9. McClory and Gotthardt (2008), https://www.adfg.alaska.gov/static/species/nonnative/invasive/pdfs/invasivespp_report.pdf
  10. Musser, Guy G., and Michael D. Carleton / Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds., 2005: Superfamily Muroidea. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vol. 2. 894-1531.
  11. Naturalis (2005-2016) Nederlands Soortenregister, version 2.0. http://www.nederlandsesoorten.nl (accessed 2016). http://www.nederlandsesoorten.nl
  12. North European and Baltic Network on Invasive Alien Species NOBANIS (2016) Gateway to Information on Invasive Alien species in North and Central Europe. http://www.nobanis.org (accessed 2016). http://www.nobanis.org
  13. Pimentel et al. (2000), https://www.rexano.org/Federal_Canada/PimentelEtal00CostExotics.pdf
  14. Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds., 1992: null. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing. xviii + 1207.
  15. Wilson, Don E., and F. Russell Cole, 2000: null. Common Names of Mammals of the World. xiv + 204.
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