Species Detail - Brown Rat (Rattus norvegicus) - Species information displayed is based on the dataset "Atlas of Mammals in Ireland 2010-2015".

Terrestrial Map - 10km

Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 10km grid square (ITM).
Live Map

Marine Map - 50km

Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 50km grid square (WGS84).
Live Map

Species image

Rattus norvegicus
Rattus norvegicus
Brown Rat
N/A
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ranor
(Berkenhout, 1769)
terrestrial mammal
Species
1111
327
101
01/01/1964
30/12/2015
1 January (recorded in 1969)
31 December (recorded in 1968)
Collated by the National Biodiversity Data Centre from different sources, Atlas of Mammals in Ireland 2010-2015, National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Brown Rat (Rattus norvegicus), accessed 22 February 2025, <https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/252/Species/119483>

Records per month (across all datasets)

National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Brown Rat (Rattus norvegicus), image, accessed 22 February 2025, <https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/252/Species/119483>

Records per year (across all datasets)

National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Brown Rat (Rattus norvegicus), image, accessed 22 February 2025, <https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/252/Species/119483>