Rattus norvegicus
(Berkenhout, 1769)
Brown Rat
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
Authority citation
Berkenhout, J. 1769. Outlines of the Natural History of Great Britain and Ireland. Volume 1. Compreheding the Animal Kingdom. P. Elmsly, London, 233 pp.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25813724Original 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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