🐭Black rat
La rata negra (Rattus rattus), también conocida como rata de barco, rata del tejado, rata común, o pericote, es una especie de roedor miomorfo de la familia Muridae. Esta especie es originaria de Asia tropical, pero colonizó Europa en el siglo VIII, y desde allí se dispersó por el resto del mundo, adaptándose a casi todos los hábitats, aunque predomina en los ambientes cálidos. Está incluida en la lista de las 100 de las especies exóticas invasoras más dañinas del mundo, confeccionada por la Unión Internacional para la Conservación de la Naturaleza.
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2021.
- Body mass
- 0.2 kg
- Body length
- 0.2 m
- Shoulder height
- not recorded
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- 4.2 years
Everything we know about the Black rat
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass0.2 kgCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 0.2 kgAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Body length0.2 mCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Brain mass1.82 gCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Maximum lifespan4.2 yearsCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 4.2 yearsAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Generation length1.5 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Age at maturity115 daysCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Gestation22 daysCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 22 daysAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Litter sizeabout 6COMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 7.3AnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Trophic levelOmnivoreCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Activity cycleNocturnalCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Home range0 km²COMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Population density1,454 per km²COMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Volume l0.2 LaverageDetails ↓Hide ↑
Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.
average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.
Not recorded for Black rat yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›classMammalia
- ›orderRodentia
- ›familyMuridae
- ›genusRattus
- ›speciesRattus rattus
- classMammals · Mammalia
- orderRodents · Rodentia
- suborderMyomorpha
- familyMuridae
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- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassSarcopterygii
- superclassTetrapoda
- classMammals · Mammalia
- subclassTheria
- superorderEuarchontoglires
- orderRodents · Rodentia
- suborderMyomorpha
- familyMuridae
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