The black rat, also called the roof rat or ship rat, is a common long-tailed rodent that most likely originated in the Indian subcontinent and is now found worldwide, closely associated with humans as a generalist omnivore. Black to light brown with a lighter underside, it is a significant agricultural pest that feeds on a wide range of crops, though most domestic pet rats actually descend from the related brown rat; in parts of India it is instead considered sacred, notably at the Karni Mata Temple in Deshnoke.
Facts
Classification
System (Realm) Relationship to People Living or ExtinctDerived from this species' own Conservation Status: this atlas's IUCN category list has no Extinct value, so a set conservation-status is itself evidence of living status (w-bfill-g5-0924 browse backfill). Scientific Name Conservation Status Connections
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- Also in Geography Atlas: Africa, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Albania, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Angola, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Antigua and Barbuda, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Argentina, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Australia, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Austria, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Bosnia and Herzegovina, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: North America, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Serbia, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: South America, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: South Asia, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: United Arab Emirates, found in there.
Sources
1. Wikipedia: Black rat
diet-classification (MediaWiki batch-API article extract states it plainly)
It is a generalist omnivore that can live on a wide variety of foods.
human-interaction (MediaWiki batch-API article extract states it plainly)
It is sometimes kept as a pet, though most domestic rats are a subspecies of the brown rat.
View the Source2. GBIF Species API
3. Black Rat (Wikipedia)
WikipediaLead paragraph
The black rat (Rattus rattus), also known as the roof rat, ship rat, or house rat, is a common long-tailed rodent
Infobox, conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
View the Source Wikidata: Black Rat
Wikidata Q106133, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source Catalogue of Life
Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of LifeChild Taxon Of: RodentiaView the Source Reader Challenges (0)
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