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Some facts about the
Rat

Adult weight : 0.2 kg (0.44 lbs)

Maximum longevity : 4 years

Female maturity :90 days

Male maturity : 112 days

Gestation : 22 days

Weaning : 26 days

Litter size : 7

Litters per year : 4

Interval between litters : 36 days

Weight at birth : 0.005 kg (0.011 lbs)

Weight at weaning : 0.04 kg (0.088 lbs)

Basal metabolic rate : 1 W

Body mass : 0.117 kg (0.2574 lbs)

Source: AnAge, licensed under CC

House rat

Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Sciurognathi
Family : Muridae
Subfamily : Murinae
Species : Rattus rattus

 

The House rat is listed as Least Concern (LR/lc), lowest risk. Does not qualify for a more at risk category. Widespread and abundant taxa are included in this category, on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
Namings for the house rat
A young / baby of a house rat is called a 'kitten, nestling, pinkie or pup'. The females are called 'doe' and males 'buck'. A house rat group is called a 'colony, horde, pack, plague or swarm'.
Countries
India

Facts about the house rat

:Rattus Binomial name Rattus rattusReference: 180362 The Black Rat (Rattus rattus, also known as the Ship Rat, Roof Rat or House Rat) is a commonlong-tailed rodent of the genus Rattus and the family muridae (Old World rodents).

jpg Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Rodentia Family: Muridae Genus: Rattus Species: Rattus Binomial name Rattus rattus Reference: 180362 The Black Rat (Rattus rattus, also known as the Ship Rat, Roof Rat or House Rat) is a common long-tailed rodent .

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rattus (also called the black rat, ship rat, or roof rat), live virtually everywhere that human populations have settled; the house rat is predominant in warmer climates, and the brown rat dominates in temperate regions, especially urban areas.

The Black Rat (Rattus rattus, also known as the Ship Rat, Roof Rat or House Rat) is a common long-tailed rodent of the genus Rattus and the subfamily murinae (Old World rodents).

Invariably associated with human habitations, Rattus rattus is widely distributed throughout north-central Texas counties coterminous with the study area, but Rattus norvegicus is known only from Wichita Falls (11). (Full text)

The Black Rat (Rattus rattus, also known as the Asian Black Rat, Ship Rat, Roof Rat or House Rat) is a common long-tailed rodent of the genus Rattus (Old World rodents) and the subfamily murinae (Murine rodents). (Full text)

rat Rattus rattus is established on, Teuaua, a nearby motu 5 . (Full text)

The black rat (Rattus rattus) is the closest relative to the brown rat (Rattus norvegicus) who we know as our fancy rats. (Full text)

Since moving from analogue to digital, Akita has had even more tools at his disposal for absolutely shredding and completely fucking with sound, and Rattus Rattus is a speaker shredding blast that lets me know he certainly isn't softening as he gets older. (Full text)

Comprised of pieces recorded and mixed between 1999/2005, 'Rattus Rattus' is uncompromising to its core, as wave after wave of electronically baited squall attack your senses. (Full text)

A supremely adaptable species, the Asian House Rat is to be found in many man-made habitats including agricultural and wholly urban areas. (Full text)

search_topic=TSN&search_value=180362) The Black Rat (Rattus rattus, also known as the Ship Rat, Roof Rat or House Rat) is a common long-tailed rodent of the genus Rattus and the family muridae (Old World rodents). (Full text)

The Texas House Rats are united, but they're still as irrelevant as ever. (Full text)

House rats are classified in the phylum Chordata, subphylum Vertebrata, class Mammalia, order Rodentia, family Muridae. (Full text)

Rattus rattus black rat (English), blue rat (English), bush rat (English), European house rat (English), Hausratte (German), roof rat (English), ship rat (English) Rattus rattus is lighter and has a shorter maximum head-body length (excluding tail) than Rattus norvegicus. (Full text)

Rattus rattus is lighter and has a shorter maximum head-body length (excluding tail) than Rattus norvegicus. (Full text)

Black Rats - Rattus rattus The blackrat, or Rattus rattus, is the closest relative to the common brown rat we know as fancy or pet rats. (Full text)

Reference: 180362 The Black Rat (Rattus rattus, also known as the Ship Rat, Roof Rat or House Rat) is a common long-tailed rodent of the genus Rattus and the family muridae (Old World rodents). (Full text)

The Black Rat (Rattus rattus, also known as the Ship Rat, Roof Rat or House Rat) is a common long-tailed rodent of the genus Rattus and the family ''muridae (Old World rodents). (Full text)

House rats are the second-most numerous wild rats in the world (behind the Norway), and are reproductively isolated from the Norway rat; that is, the two species cannot interbreed. (Full text)

1. black rat, roof rat, Rattus rattus -- (common household pest originally from Asia that has spread worldwide)
black rat
roof rat
Rattus rattus
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