Species Detail - Black Rat (Rattus rattus) - Species information displayed is based on the dataset "Atlas of Mammals in Ireland 2010-2015".
Terrestrial Map - 10km
Terrestrial Map - 10km
Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 10km grid square (ITM).Marine Map - 50km
Marine Map - 50km
Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 50km grid square (WGS84)._0.jpg)
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Rattus rattus
Black Rat
NHMSYS0000080213
RecommendedWell-formed
Invasive Species: High Risk Invasive Species (2013 Report) || Invasive Species: The Wildlife (Northern Ireland) Order 1985 || Threatened Species: Vulnerable
rarat
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Terrestrial mammal
Species
2
1
1
12/01/1985
11/06/2011
12 January (recorded in 1985)
16 July (recorded in 2017)
Collated by the National Biodiversity Data Centre from different sources, Atlas of Mammals in Ireland 2010-2015, National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Black Rat (Rattus rattus), accessed 22 August 2025, <https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/252/Species/119484>