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Rattus rattus (black rat)

Mammalia - Rodentia - Muridae

Taxonomy
Mus rattus was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant.

It was recombined as Epimys rattus by Thomas (1911); it was recombined as Rattus rattus by Fischer de Waldheim (1803), Hollister (1916), Dào (1967) and Worthy (1997).

Subspecies
R. sladeni
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
R. bowersi, R. edwardsi, R. haasi, R. legata, R. lutreolus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Mus rattus Linnaeus p. 61
1803Rattus rattus Fischer de Waldheim p. 122
1911Epimys rattus Thomas p. 147
1916Rattus rattus Hollister p. 126
1967Rattus rattus Dào p. 123
1997Rattus rattus Worthy p. 113

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
RankNameAuthor
—Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
—Theriiformes()
—Trechnotheria
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
—Eutheria()
—Placentalia
—Boreoeutheria
—EuarchontogliresMurphy et al. 2001
—GliriformesWyss and Meng 1996
—Glires()
—Simplicidentata()
orderRodentiaBowdich 1821
infraorderMyodontaSchaub 1958
superfamilyMuroideaIlliger 1811
—Eumuroida
familyMuridaeIlliger 1811
subfamilyMurinae
genusRattusFischer 1803
speciesrattus()

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Rattus rattus Linnaeus 1758 [black rat]
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Rattus rattus sladeni Anderson 1879
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available