Species Detail - Black Rat (Rattus rattus) - Species information displayed is based on the dataset "National Invasive Species Database".
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
1
1
1
16/07/2017
16/07/2017
12 January (recorded in 1985)
16 July (recorded in 2017)
Collated by the National Biodiversity Data Centre from different sources, National Invasive Species Database, National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Black Rat (Rattus rattus), accessed 31 August 2025, <https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/397/Species/119484>