Rattus Collection

Brown rat, Rattus norvegicus (Mus decumanus). Handcoloured steel engraving by Lizars after an illustration by James Stewart from William Jardines Naturalists Library, Edinburgh, 1836

Black rat, Rattus rattus (Mus rattus), caught in a mousetrap. Handcoloured steel engraving by Lizars after an illustration by James Stewart from William Jardines Naturalists Library, Edinburgh, 1836

Megalomys desmarestii, antillean giant rice rat. Catalogue number NHM 1850.11.30.6

Oligoryzomys victus, St. Vincent pygmy rice rat (holotype). Catalogue reference NHM 1897.12.26.1)

Egyptian jerboa, Syrian jerboa, dormouse, tamarisk rat, lineated mouse, and economic mouse.. Handcolored copperplate engraving from Ebenezer Siblys Universal System of Natural History, 1794

Dormouse, Glis glis, and rat, Rattus norvegicus.. Handcolored copperplate stipple engraving from Frederic Cuviers Dictionary of Natural Science: Mammals, Paris, France, 1816. Illustration by J. G

Rattus rattus, black rat
Detail of plate from a collection of pencil sketches and watercolour drawings of British mammals c. 1890-1910 by Edward Adrian Wilson (1872-1912)

Mesembriomys gouldii, black-footed tree-rat (Gray 1843). BMNH 1842.5.26.18 skull with abnormal incisors collected by Gilbert, holotype

BROWN RAT
(rattus norvegicus) The BROWN RAT, seen enjoying a snack

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