AnAge entry for Rattus rattus
Classification (HAGRID: 03084)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia (Taxon entry)
Order: Rodentia
Family: Muridae
Genus: Rattus
- Species
- Rattus rattus
- Common name
- Rat
- Synonyms
- Mus alexandrinorattus, Mus alexandrinus, Mus alexandrinus, Mus arboreus, Hapalotis arboricola, Mus asiaticus, Mus atratus, Mus atridorsum, Mus ceylonus, Epimys chionogaster, Mus crassipes, Rattus domesticus, Mus erythronotus, Mus flavescens, Mus flaviventris, Musculus frugivorus, Mus galapagoensis, Mus griseocaeruleus, Mus infralineatus, Mus insularis, Mus jujensis, Mus kandianus, Mus kandiyanus, Epimys kelaarti, Mus kijabius, Mus latipes, Mus leucogaster, Mus muansae, Mus nemoralis, Mus novaezelandiae, Mus picteti, Mus rufescens, Mus samharensis, Myoxus siculae, Mus subcaeruleus, Mus sylvestris, Mus tectorum, Mus tetragonurus, Mus tompsoni, Mus variabilis, Rattus domesticus albus, Rattus domesticus ater, Mus rattus ater, Mus rattus brookei, Rattus rattus chionogaster, Mus tectorum fuliginosus, Rattus domesticus fulvaster, Rattus domesticus fuscus, Rattus rattus girensis, Mus rattus intermedius, Mus rattus jurassicus, Rattus norvegicus longicaudus, Rattus rattus narbadae, Rattus rattus nericola, Rattus rattus ruthenus, Rattus rattus sueirensis, Rattus domesticus varius, Rattus rattus wroughtoni
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- 4.2 years (captivity)
- Source
- ref. 671
- Sample size
- Large
- Data quality
- Acceptable
- Observations
One captive specimen lived for 4.2 years [0671].
Life history traits (averages)
- Female sexual maturity
- 90 days
- Male sexual maturity
- 112 days
- Gestation
- 22 days
- Weaning
- 26 days
- Litter size
- 7.3 (viviparous)
- Litters per year
- 4.3
- Inter-litter interval
- 36 days
- Weight at birth
- 4.55 g
- Weight at weaning
- 39.7 g
- Adult weight
- 200 g
- Postnatal growth rate
- 0.0207 days-1 (from Gompertz function)
- Maximum longevity residual
- 38%
Metabolism
- Typical body temperature
- 311ºK or 38.0ºC or 100.4ºF
- Basal metabolic rate
- 0.7700 W
- Body mass
- 117.0 g
- Metabolic rate per body mass
- 0.006581 W/g
References
- [1032] McNab (2008), An analysis of the factors that influence the level and scaling of mammalian BMR (PubMed)
- [0671] Richard Weigl (2005), Longevity of Mammals in Captivity; from the Living Collections of the World
- [0036] Savage et al. (2004), The predominance of quarter-power scaling in biology
- [0610] Ernest (2003), Life history characteristics of placental non-volant mammals
- [0434] Ronald Nowak (1999), Walker's Mammals of the World
- [0441] William Burt et al. (1998), A Field Guide to Mammals
- [0455] Virginia Hayssen et al. (1993), Asdell's Patterns of Mammalian Reproduction: A Compendium of Species-Specific Data
- [0680] Wootton (1987), The effects of body mass, phylogeny, habitat, and trophic level on mammalian age at first reproduction
- [0731] Zullinger et al. (1984), Fitting sigmoid equations to mammalian growth curves
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- ITIS 180362
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account (if available)
- Encyclopaedia of Life
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- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 10117
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