Rattus
| Rattus Temporal range: Early Pleistocene – Recent | |
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| The brown rat (Rattus norvegicus) | |
| Scientific 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 | |
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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.