Rattus
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Rattus rattus
See also: rattus
Translingual
Etymology
From Medieval Latin rattus (“a rat”).
Proper noun
Rattus m
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Vertebrata – subphylum; Gnathostomata – infraphylum; Tetrapoda – superclass; Mammalia – class; Theria – subclass; Eutheria/Placentalia – infraclass; Rodentia – order; Myomorpha – suborder; Muroidea – superfamily; Muridae – family; Murinae - subfamily
Hyponyms
- (genus): Rattus norvegicus (brown rat, Norway rat) - type species; Rattus adustus, Rattus andamanensis, Rattus annandalei, Rattus arfakiensis, Rattus argentiventer, Rattus arrogans, Rattus baluensis, Rattus blangorum, Rattus bontanus, Rattus burrus, Rattus colletti, Rattus elaphinus, Rattus enganus, Rattus everetti, Rattus exulans (Polynesian rat), Rattus feliceus, Rattus foersteri, Rattus fuscipes, Rattus giluwensis, Rattus hainaldi, Rattus hoffmanni, Rattus hoogerwerfi, Rattus jobiensis, Rattus koopmani, Rattus korinchi, Rattus leucopus, Rattus losea, Rattus lugens, Rattus lutreolus, †Rattus macleari, Rattus marmosurus, Rattus mindorensis, Rattus mollicomulus, Rattus montanus, Rattus mordax, Rattus morotaiensis, †Rattus nativitatis, Rattus nikenii, Rattus niobe, Rattus nitidus, Rattus novaeguineae, Rattus omichlodes, Rattus osgoodi, Rattus palmarum, Rattus pelurus, Rattus pococki, Rattus praetor, Rattus pyctoris, Rattus ranjiniae, Rattus rattus (black rat), Rattus richardsoni, Rattus salocco, Rattus sanila, Rattus satarae, Rattus simalurensis, Rattus sordidus, Rattus steini, Rattus stoicus, Rattus tanezumi, Rattus tawitawiensis, Rattus timorensis, Rattus tiomanicus, Rattus tunneyi, Rattus unicolor, Rattus vandeuseni, Rattus verecundus, Rattus villosissimus, Rattus xanthurus - species
References
Rattus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Rattus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Rattus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons - Rattus at National Center for Biotechnology Information
- Rattus in Mammal Species of the World at Bucknell.
- Rattus at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Rattus at World Register of Marine Species
