Definition of Rattus rattus

1. Noun. Common household pest originally from Asia that has spread worldwide.

Exact synonyms: Black Rat, Roof Rat
Generic synonyms: Rat
Group relationships: Genus Rattus, Rattus

Lexicographical Neighbors of Rattus Rattus

Rastus
Rathke's bundles
Rathke's cleft cyst
Rathke's diverticulum
Rathke's pouch
Rathke's pouch tumour
Rathnupur
Ratibida
Ratibida columnaris
Ratibida columnifera
Ratibida tagetes
Ratner
Rattigan
Rattus
Rattus norvegicus
Rattus rattus
Rau's process
Rau-Sed
Rauber
Rauber's layer
Raudixin
Raul
Rauma
Rauscher
Rauscher's virus
Rauscher leukaemia virus
Raussly disease
Rauwolfia serpentina
Ravana
Raven

Literary usage of Rattus rattus

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Mammalian Models for Research on Aging by Institute Of Laboratory Animal Resources, Bennett J. Cohen, National Research Council Staff (1981)
"... rat (Rattus norvegicus), and the roof rat (Rattus rattus rattus), were distributed worldwide by explorers and colonists during the sixteenth century. ..."

2. Outlines of Economic Zoölogy by Albert Moore Reese (1919)
"Less common are the black rat, Rattus rattus rattus, and the roof rat, Rattus rattus alexandrinus. The latter two are somewhat smaller than the former, ..."

3. Rice in Laos by J M Schiller, International Rice Research Institute (2006)
"The third member of the rattus rattus complex found in Laos was previously listed under the name Rattus ..."

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