Rattus

genus of rodents
Taxon taxon Q36396
Rattus
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Rattus

Summary

Rattus is a taxon[1]. Rattus ranks in the top 0.65% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,331 views/month, #1,273 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Rattus's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Rattus is classified at the rank of genus[4].
  • Rattus belongs to the parent taxon Rattini[5].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Rattus is Rattus[6].
  • Rattus is a type of Rodentia[7].
  • Rattus's Commons category is recorded as Rattus[8].
  • Rattus's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Rattus[9].
  • Rattus's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[10].
  • Rattus's described by source is recorded as Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language[11].
  • Rattus's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[12].
  • Rattus's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[13].
  • Rattus's described by source is recorded as New International Encyclopedia (1902–1905)[14].
  • Rattus's described by source is recorded as Infernal Dictionary, 6th ed.[15].
  • Rattus's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 1[16].
  • Rattus's described by source is recorded as Pauly–Wissowa[17].
  • Rattus's described by source is recorded as Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[18].
  • Rattus is commonly known as Rat[19].
  • Rattus is commonly known as Rat[20].
  • Rattus is commonly known as podgana[21].
  • Rattus is commonly known as Rata[22].
  • Rattus is commonly known as rata[23].
  • Rattus's different from is recorded as Szczur[24].
  • Rattus's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[25].
  • Rattus's taxon author citation is recorded as Fischer, 1803[26].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Rattus is Rattus[6]. Rattus is classified at the rank of genus[4]. Rattus belongs to the parent taxon Rattini[5]. Recorded taxon common name include Rat[19], podgana[21], and Rata[22].

Identifiers

Rattus's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 44540[27]. Rattus's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 10114[28]. Rattus's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 42343[29]. Rattus's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2439223[30]. Rattus's ITIS TSN is recorded as 180361[31].

Why It Matters

Rattus ranks in the top 0.65% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,331 views/month, #1,273 of 195,241).[2] Rattus has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[32] Rattus is known by 86 alternative names across languages and contexts.[33]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [32] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [33] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 4w ago · Andre Engels · 2026-09-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Naturbasen species id → 15136/rotte-sp
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P11078]]: 15136/rotte-sp, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/321154770|Rattus sp. (#321154770)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/8386|Naturbasen sp"
  2. 7w ago · Yapy28 · 2026-08-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wordnet 3.1 synset id → 02336020-n
    Interlingual index id → i47810
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/47825|batch #47825]]: OENN batch"
  3. 10w ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Biblissima authority id → Zyle Daewoo Bus
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P11493]]: Q292225, Import ID Biblissima V3 ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/627d4912166|details]])"
  4. 13w ago · KrBot bot · 2026-07-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon common name → Rat, Rat, podgana +2
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ [[Property:P1843]]: podgana, дублирующееся значение / duplicate value"
  5. 13w ago · TadejM · 2026-06-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon common name → Rat, Rat, podgana +2
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ [[Property:P1843]]: podgana"
  6. 14w ago · Oronsay · 2026-06-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Irmng id → 1302533
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P5055]]: 1302533"
  7. 19w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Aliases → —
    Subclass of → —
    Parent taxon → Rattini
    Described by source → Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language, Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary +6
    + 10 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|7 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 7537, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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