What rat has the scientific name Rattus rattus?
Rats are various medium-sized, long-tailed rodents.
The black rat (lat. "Rattus Rattus"), also known as the ship rat or the house rat, is a common long-tailed rodent of the genus Rattus (rats).
The species originated in tropical Asia and spread through the Near East in Roman times before reaching Europe by the 6th century and spreading with Europeans across the world. Today it is again largely confined to warmer areas, having been supplanted by the brown (gray) rat (lat. "Rattus Norvegicus") in cooler regions.
The tawny-bellied cotton rat (lat. "Sigmodon Fulviventer") is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae. It is found in Mexico and in the US states of Arizona and New Mexico.
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Ellen Duff
Wasn’t it the Black rat that brought the fleas to Europe that caused the Plague
earlepg
Of course rattus rattus is the black rat, or ship rat, the stereotypical rat that caused so much misery for humans. I remember seeing pictures depicting the problems in Europe and they were always shown as the dark mauraders.
Player
I like rats. The brown rat has a domesticated subspecies that are kept as pets. Like all animals they have their place in the world.
Ulla Larsen
I got it right and l hate Rats
Pierre Poirier
I live in these cooler regions and indeed it is the brown rat that is most commonly seen