Black Rat (Rattus rattus) under the Tree House (15858296885)🐭

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SpeciesRodentiaMuridae
Mammals

🐭Black rat

Rattus rattus (Linnaeus, 1758)

黑鼠(學名:Rattus rattus)又稱玄鼠、家鼠、黑家鼠、屋顶鼠或大鼠。是鼠科大家鼠屬(Rattus)中的一種,原產於熱帶亞洲,大多分布于印度、東南亞、非洲、歐洲部份地區以及中国的江西、西藏、贵州、云南、海南、四川、江苏、广东、广西、福建、浙江、湖北等地,不過在古羅馬時期就已經散佈到西亞,到了6世紀時,已經進入歐洲。主要生活於較溫暖的地帶。 其相近物種褐鼠(Rattus norvegicus)則生活於較冷的區域。 黑鼠多见于家舍以及田野。该物种的模式产地在瑞典。 國際自然保護聯盟物種存續委員會的入侵物種專家小組(ISSG)列為世界百大外來入侵種。

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≈ 1/310th of your weight
Also called
Rattus rattus
Conservation status
LCLeast concern

IUCN Red List assessment, 2021.

Population trendStable
Key measurements
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
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Facts and figures

Everything we know about the Black rat

Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.

Body mass
0.2 kg
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  • 0.2 kgAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Body length
0.2 m
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Brain mass
1.82 g
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Maximum lifespan
4.2 years
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  • 4.2 yearsAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Generation length
1.5 years
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Age at maturity
115 days
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Gestation
22 days
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  • 22 daysAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Litter size
about 6
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  • 7.3AnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Trophic level
Omnivore
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Activity cycle
Nocturnal
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Home range
0 km²
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Population density
1,454 per km²
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Volume l
0.2 Laverage
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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.

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Family tree

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›classMammalia
  4. ›orderRodentia
  5. ›familyMuridae
  6. ›genusRattus
  7. ›speciesRattus rattus
Full lineage
  1. classMammals · Mammalia
  2. orderRodents · Rodentia
  3. suborderMyomorpha
  4. familyMuridae
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  1. kingdomMetazoa
  2. phylumChordata
  3. subphylumCraniata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. superclassGnathostomata
  6. superclassSarcopterygii
  7. superclassTetrapoda
  8. classMammals · Mammalia
  9. subclassTheria
  10. superorderEuarchontoglires
  11. orderRodents · Rodentia
  12. suborderMyomorpha
  13. familyMuridae
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More about the Black rat

What it eats
seeds and grain40%
insects and other invertebrates30%
fruit20%
leaves, roots and other plants10%
In other languages
szczur śniady (pl), Rattus rattus (fr), Rattus rattus (es), házi patkány (hu), Rattus rattus (it), rata negra (gl) … and 26 more languages

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