Species profile—Rattus rattus (black rat)
Classification
Animalia (animals) → Mammalia (mammals) → Muridae (rats and mice) → Rattus rattus (black rat)
Sighting data
Species details
- Kingdom
- Animalia (animals)
- Class
- Mammalia (mammals)
- Family
- Muridae (rats and mice)
- Scientific name
- Rattus rattus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Common name
- black rat
- Type reference
- Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Holmiae : Laurentii Salvii Tom. 1 824 pp.
- WildNet taxon ID
- 731
- Alternate name(s)
- European black rat
ship rat - Conservation significant
- No
- Endemicity
- Introduced
- Pest status
- Disease Vector
Other resources
Data source
This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0.
https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=731.
This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.
