Brown rat
Rattus norvegicus
At a glance
- Scientific name
- Rattus norvegicus
- Class
- Mammal
- Order
- Rodent
- Family
- Muridae
- Diet
- Omnivore
- Size
- Small (under 1 m)
- Active
- By night
- Continent
- Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, Oceania, South America
- Habitat
- Towns and farms, Wetlands
- Conservation status
- Least concern
- Difficulty in WildGuessr
- Easy
Did you know?
- Rats are physically unable to vomit, which is one reason poison baits work on them.
- When tickled, young rats answer with ultrasonic chirps that researchers interpret as a kind of laughter.
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- House mouse
Mus musculus
- Red squirrel
Sciurus vulgaris
- Capybara
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Classification, names and conservation status come from Wikidata (CC0), the photo from Wikimedia Commons. Wikidata Q184224 · All animals · All entries