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Fancy rat

Mammals

The fancy rat is the domesticated form of Rattus norvegicus, the brown rat, and is the most commonly kept pet rat. Its name comes from the use of the word fancy to describe a hobby of appreciating, promoting, or breeding pet and domestic animals, as in the wider term animal fancy. Fancy rats descend from wild-caught brown rats that became docile after many generations of breeding. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Classification
Diet
Omnivore 1
System (Realm)
Terrestrial 1
Relationship to People
Domesticated 2
Living or Extinct
Yes 3
Scientific Name
Rattus norvegicus 2
Connections

Child Taxon Of

Rattus, Taxa
Source Fancy rat (Wikipedia)

In Biome

Bog, Biomes
Source Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Rattus norvegicus (Animal Diversity Web)
Boreal Forest, Biomes
Source Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Rattus norvegicus (Animal Diversity Web)
Chaparral, Biomes
Source Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Rattus norvegicus (Animal Diversity Web)
Desert, Biomes
Source Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Rattus norvegicus (Animal Diversity Web)
In the Other Atlases

Found In

Asia

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Source Global Biodiversity Information Facility: GBIF species distributions: Fancy ratDistributions
Quote, Distributions
"locality": "Southern Asia", "status": "PRESENT", "source": "Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)"
Australia

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Source Global Biodiversity Information Facility: GBIF species distributions: Fancy ratDistributions
Quote, Distributions
"locality": "Australia", "status": "PRESENT", "source": "Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)"
North America

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Source Global Biodiversity Information Facility: GBIF species distributions: Fancy ratDistributions
Quote, Distributions
"locality": "North America", "status": "PRESENT", "source": "Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)"
Sources
1. Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Rattus norvegicus (Animal Diversity Web)
Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology
  • Food Habits: Primary Diet
    Primary Diet omnivore omnivore
  • Habitat: Habitat Regions
    Habitat Regions temperate temperate tropical tropical terrestrial terrestrial
  • In Biome: Desert, Terrestrial Biomes
    Habitat Regions temperate temperate tropical tropical terrestrial terrestrial Terrestrial Biomes taiga taiga desert or dune desert or dune savanna or grassland savanna or grassland chaparral chaparral forest forest rainforest rainforest scrub forest scrub forest mountains mountains
  • In Biome: Boreal Forest, Terrestrial Biomes
    Habitat Regions temperate temperate tropical tropical terrestrial terrestrial Terrestrial Biomes taiga taiga desert or dune desert or dune savanna or grassland savanna or grassland chaparral chaparral forest forest rainforest rainforest scrub forest scrub forest mountains mountains
  • In Biome: Chaparral, Terrestrial Biomes
    Habitat Regions temperate temperate tropical tropical terrestrial terrestrial Terrestrial Biomes taiga taiga desert or dune desert or dune savanna or grassland savanna or grassland chaparral chaparral forest forest rainforest rainforest scrub forest scrub forest mountains mountains
  • In Biome: Bog, Wetlands
    Wetlands marsh marsh swamp swamp bog bog
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2. Fancy rat (Wikipedia)
  • Lead
    Rattus norvegicus
  • Introduction
    The fancy rat (Rattus norvegicus domestica) is the domesticated form of Rattus norvegicus, the brown rat, and the most common species of rat kept as a pet.
  • Child Taxon Of: Rattus, Taxobox
    Wikipedia taxobox field: genus = Rattus
View the Source
3. Wikidata (taxon extant/extinct status)
Wikimedia Foundation / Wikidata contributorsQ535498, descriptionView the Source
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