Biology and Diseases of Rats

• Main Authors: Otto, Glen M., Franklin, Craig L., Clifford, Charles B.
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: Article; Albinos; Mayhew; Norway; Rattus rattus
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7158576/; https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-409527-4.00004-3

The laboratory rat, Rattus norvegicus, is within the order Rodentia and family Muridae. The genus Rattus contains at least 56 species (retrieved January 28, 2014, from the Integrated Taxonomic Information System online database http://www.itis.gov); however, the Norway rat, R. norvegicus, and the bl...