Object Status:
Unlocated
Accession Date:
By 1806
Primary Source Reference:
"Walk through the Phil[adelphi]a Museum" (1805-1806), p. 31
Additional Source Text:
"It is supposed to have been originally imported from India & Persia about 70 Years since."
Notes:
The brown rat (Rattus norvegicus), also known as the common rat, street rat, sewer rat, wharf rat, Hanover rat, Norway rat, Norwegian rat and Parisian rat, is a widespread species of common rat.
Specimen Type:
Dead/preserved
Peale's Common Name:
Norway rat
Peale's Scientific Name:
Mus Decumanus
Current Common Name:
Brown rat
Current Scientific Name
Rattus norvegicus
