🐭Black rat
De zwarte rat (Rattus rattus) is een knaagdier uit de familie Muridae. De zwarte rat is ook wel bekend onder de namen zolderrat, scheepsrat, huisrat, dakrat en pestrat. De wetenschappelijke naam van de soort werd als Mus rattus in 1758 gepubliceerd door Carl Linnaeus. In Nederland is de soort boven de grote rivieren bijna volledig verdrongen door de bruine rat. Berichten dat het dier vanuit het zuiden oprukte naar Midden-Nederland zijn niet bevestigd door tellingen. De zwarte rat is de belangrijkste verspreider van de pest (veroorzaakt door de bacterie Yersinia pestis) en kan ook bij de overdracht van andere ziekten op de mens een rol spelen.
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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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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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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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