Rattus

Rattus
Temporal range: Early Pleistocene – Recent
The brown rat (Rattus norvegicus)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Muridae
Tribe: Rattini
Genus: Rattus
Fischer de Waldheim, 1803
Type species
Rattus rattus
Linnaeus, 1758
Species

68 species

Synonyms[1]
  • Stenomys Thomas, 1910
  • Acanthomys Gray, 1867
  • Christomys Sody, 1941
  • Cironomys Sody, 1941
  • Epimys Trouessart, 1881
  • Geromys Sody, 1941
  • Mollicomys Sody, 1941
  • Octomys Sody, 1941
  • Pullomys Sody, 1941
  • Togomys Dieterlen, 1989
Two Rats by Vincent van Gogh (1884)

Rattus is a genus of muroid rodents, all typically called rats. However, the term rat can also be applied to rodent species outside of this genus.

  1. ^ "Rattus". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 15 November 2021.