Species Detail - Black Rat (Rattus rattus) - Species information displayed is based on the dataset "Mammals of Ireland 2016-2025".

Terrestrial Map - 10km

Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 10km grid square (ITM).
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Marine Map - 50km

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

Rattus rattus
Rattus rattus
Black Rat
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rarat
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Terrestrial mammal
Species
0
0
N/A
N/A
12 January (recorded in 1985)
16 July (recorded in 2017)
Collated by the National Biodiversity Data Centre from different sources, Mammals of Ireland 2016-2025, National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Black Rat (Rattus rattus), accessed 06 July 2025, <https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/253/Species/119484>

Records per month (across all datasets)

National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Black Rat (Rattus rattus), image, accessed 06 July 2025, <https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/253/Species/119484>

Records per year (across all datasets)

National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Black Rat (Rattus rattus), image, accessed 06 July 2025, <https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/253/Species/119484>