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The best-known rat species are the black rat (Rattus rattus) and the brown rat (Rattus norvegicus). This group, generally known as the Old World rats or true rats, originated in Asia. Rats are bigger than most Old World mice, which are their relatives, but seldom weigh over 500 grams (17 + 1 ⁄ 2 oz) in the wild. [2]
The best-known Rattus species are the black rat (R. rattus) and the brown rat (R. norvegicus). The group is generally known as the Old World rats or true rats and originated in Asia. Rats are bigger than most Old World mice, which are their relatives, but seldom weigh over 500 grams (1.1 lb) in the wild.
Rat king found in 1895 in Dellfeld, Germany, now in the Musée zoologique de la ville de Strasbourg, France. A rat king is a collection of rats or mice whose tails are intertwined and bound together in some way. This could be a result of an entangling material like hair, a sticky substance such as sap or gum, or the tails being tied together.
Proechimys longicaudatus - long-tailed spiny rat; Proechimys semispinosus group Proechimys oconnelli - O'Connell's spiny rat; Proechimys semispinosus - Tome's spiny rat; Proechimys simonsi group Proechimys simonsi - Simon's spiny rat; Proechimys trinitatus group Proechimys trinitatus - Trinidad spiny rat; Proechimys chrysaeolus - Boyaca spiny rat
The Old World rats and mice, part of the subfamily Murinae in the family Muridae, comprise at least 519 species.Members of this subfamily are called murines.In terms of species richness, this subfamily is larger than all mammal families except the Cricetidae and Muridae, and is larger than all mammal orders except the bats and the remainder of the rodents.
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The Muridae, or murids, are either the largest or second-largest family of rodents and of mammals, containing approximately 870 species, including many species of mice, rats, and gerbils found naturally throughout Eurasia, Africa, and Australia. [2]