Black Rat
Rattus rattus
Also known as: Roof Rat, House Rat, Ship Rat, Common House Rat, Rata Negra
Habitat
Ground
Diet
PlantSeed
Active Time
Nocturnal
Size
229 g
LCMammaliaRodentiaMuridae
Seasonal Activity
75,214 sightings · 2000–2026
Citizen science records via GBIF
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Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Mammalia
- Order
- Rodentia
- Family
- Muridae
Traits
- Diet
- PlantSeed
- Foraging
- Ground
- Activity
- Nocturnal
- Body mass
- 229 g
Photo
(c) Brett Vercoe, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Brett Vercoe
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Occurrence data from GBIF.