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Rattus rattus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Syst. Nat., 10th ed. vol.1 p.61

Classification

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

Name

Synonyms
Epimys chionogaster Lönnberg, 1916
Epimys kelaarti Wroughton, 1915
Epimys rattus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Hapalotis arboricola Gould, 1863
Mus alexandrinorattus Fatio, 1902
Mus alexandrinus Desmarest, 1819
Mus alexandrinus É.Geoffroy, 1803
Mus arboreus Horsfield, 1851
Mus asiaticus Gray, 1837
Mus atratus Miller, 1902
Mus atridorsum Miller, 1903
Mus ceylonus Kelaart, 1850
Mus crassipes Blyth, 1859
Mus erythronotus Temminck, 1845
Mus flavescens Elliot, 1839
Mus flaviventris Brants, 1827
Mus galapagoensis Waterhouse, 1839
Mus griseocaeruleus Higgins & Petterd, 1883
Mus infralineatus Blyth, 1863
Mus insularis Waterhouse, 1839
Homonyms
Rattus rattus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Common names
Black Rat in English
Black Rat in English
Black Rat in English
Black Rat in English
Black Rat, House Rat, Ship Rat in English
Black Rat, Roof Rat, Ship Rat in English
Black Rat, Roof rat, Ship rat in English
Black rat in English
Black rat in English
Black rat in English
Black rat in English
Common House Rat in English
Common House Rat in English
European house rat in language.
Far Iswed in Maltese
Gabiru in Portuguese
Hausrat in Luxembourgish
Hausratte in German
Hausratte in German
Hausratte in German
Hausratte in German
Hausratte in German
Hausratte in language.
House Rat in English
House Rat in English
House Rat in English
House Rat in English
Husrotte in Danish
Házi patkány in Hungarian
Kodurott in Estonian
Krysa obecná in Czech
Miu i zi i kanaleve in Albanian
Mustarotta in Finnish
Potkan tmavý in Slovak
Pouhou in language.
Rat noir in French
Rat noir in French
Rat noir, Rat commun in French
Rata doméstica in Spanish
Rata negra in Spanish
Rata negra in language.
Ratazana-preta in Portuguese
Rato-de-esgoto in Portuguese
Rato-preto in Portuguese
Ratto nero in Italian
Roof Rat in English
Roof Rat in English
Roof Rat in English
Roof Rat in English
Roof Rat in English

Bibliographic References

  1. (2000) Rödlistade arter i Sverige 2000
  2. (2005) Rödlistade arter i Sverige 2005
  3. (2010) Rödlistade arter i Sverige 2010
  4. 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.
  5. Biomodelos. (2018). Laboratorio de Biogeografía Aplicada. Instituto de Investigación de Recursos Biológicos Alexander von Humboldt. Disponible en: http://biomodelos.humboldt.org.co
  6. Ellerman, J. R., and T. C. S. Morrison-Scott, 1966: null. Checklist of Palaearctic and Indian Mammals 1758 to 1946, 2nd edition. 810.
  7. Gärdenfors (2000) Rödlistade arter i Sverige 2000
  8. Gärdenfors (ed.) (2010) Rödlistade arter i Sverige 2010
  9. Gärdenfors (ed.), U. (2005) Rödlistade arter i Sverige 2005
  10. Hall, R. (2004) Däggdjur
  11. Hall, R. (2004) Däggdjur
  12. Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). 10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4
  13. McClory and Gotthardt (2008), https://www.adfg.alaska.gov/static/species/nonnative/invasive/pdfs/invasivespp_report.pdf
  14. 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.
  15. Pimentel et al. (2000), https://www.rexano.org/Federal_Canada/PimentelEtal00CostExotics.pdf
  16. Watts, Christopher H. S., and H. J. Aslin, 1981: null. The Rodents of Australia. ix + 321.
  17. 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.
  18. Wilson, Don E., and F. Russell Cole, 2000: null. Common Names of Mammals of the World. xiv + 204.
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