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Rattus rattus

 – Lower Risk Least Concern

Taxonomy

Kingdom: ANIMALIA
Phylum: CHORDATA
Class: MAMMALIA
Order: RODENTIA
Family: MURIDAE
Scientific Name: Rattus rattus
Species Authority: (Linnaeus, 1758)
Common Name/s:
English—HOUSE RAT

Assessment Information

Red List Category & Criteria: LR/lc    ver 2.3 (1994)
Year Assessed: 1996
Annotations: Needs updating
Assessor/s: Amori, G.

Geographic Range

Countries: Native:

India

Habitat and Ecology

System: Terrestrial; Freshwater

Citation: Amori, G. 1996. Rattus rattus. In: IUCN 2007. 2007 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 30 August 2008.
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