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Brown Rat
Rattus norvegicus (Berkenhout, 1769)

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Chordata - chordates »  class Mammalia - mammals »  order Rodentia - rodents »  family Muridae - mice

Scientific synonyms

Mus decumanus Pallas, 1779
Mus tamarensis Higgins & Petterd, 1884
Mus norvegicus Berkenhout, 1769

Other names

= Norway Rat

IUCN category:Least Concern

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Subordinated taxa

Number of records: 3

subspecies Rattus norvegicus caraco (Pallas, 1779)
subspecies Rattus norvegicus norvegicus (Berhenhout, 1769) - Brown Rat

Rattus norvegicus norvegicus - Brown Rat


Links and literature

EN Australian Faunal Directory [as Rattus norvegicus (Berkenhout, 1769)]
Australian Faunal Directory [http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversi...], Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts
EN Fauna Europaea 2.4 [305699] [as Rattus norvegicus (Berkenhout, 1769)]
de Jong, Y.S.D.M. (ed.): Fauna Europaea [http://www.faunaeur.org]
Data retrieved on: 2012/03/09
EN IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2011.2 [19353] [as Rattus norvegicus (Berkenhout, 1769)]
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species [http://www.iucnredlist.org/]
Data retrieved on: 2012/05/26
EN Mammal Species of the World (MSW). A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed) [as Rattus norvegicus Berkenhout, 1769]
Wilson D. E., Reeder D. M. (editors) (2005): Mammal Species of the World (MSW). A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed) [http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3]
Data retrieved on: 2008/12/05
CZ Anděra M. (1999): České názvy živočichů II. Savci (Mammalia), Národní muzeum, (zoologické odd.), Praha, 147 pp. [as Rattus norvegicus (Berkenhout, 1769)]

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i species introduced to area described by check-list