Brown Rat (Norway Rat)
Rattus norvegicus
Summary 5
The brown rat, common rat, street rat, sewer rat, Hanover rat, Norway rat, brown Norway rat, Norwegian rat, wharf rat (Rattus norvegicus), or hood rat is one of the best known and most common rats.
Other resources 6
Identification quiz to test your ability to distinguish black/brown rats: http://www.ratbehavior.org/QuizNorwayRatRoofRat.htm
Differences between the species in NZ: https://www.stat.auckland.ac.nz/~smiller/rat_id
Example pictures of the different species in NZ: https://www.stat.auckland.ac.nz/~smiller/ratPics
Sources and Credits
- (c) msr, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by msr
- (c) Wendy Bailey, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Wendy Bailey
- (c) NCCA Official, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC-SA), https://www.flickr.com/photos/nccaofficial/17818875274/
- (c) Tony Wills, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), uploaded by Tony Wills
- Adapted by Tony Wills from a work by (c) Wikipedia, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rattus_norvegicus
- (c) Tony Wills, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)
More Info
- iNaturalist NZ taxon page
- Animal Diversity Web
- ASM Mammal Diversity Database
- Atlas of Living Australia
- Biodiversity Heritage Library
- BOLD Systems BIN search
- CalPhotos
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)
- iNaturalist Mammal Working Group
- Maryland Biodiversity Project
- NatureServe Explorer 2.0
- NBN Atlas
- Rat identification in New Zealand
- VertNet
- 日本のレッドデータ検索システム
