C'lafsL R A T. 97 



Genus XVI. The R A T. 



Species I. The Common RAT. 



Mus domefticus major, feu Rat- Mus rattus. Lin.fyji. 83. 



tus, Raiifyn.quad. 2\j. Mus Cauda longa fubnuda cor- 



Meyers an. ii. Tab. 83. pore fufco cinerefcente. Fau7i. 



Gefner quad. 731. Suec. 33. 



Mus Cauda longiffimaobfcureci- Mus Rattus, mus ciftiinarius. 



nereus. BriJ/on quad. 1 18. Klein quad. 57. 



De Bufon,1om. vii. p. 278. Tab. Br. Zool. 46. 



36. 







NAMES. 





Brit. 



Llygoden fFrengig 



Germ. 



Ratz 



Fren. 



Le Rat 



Dut. 



Rot 



Ital. 



Ratto, Sorcio 



Stved. 



Rotta 



Spa'/t. 



Raton, Rata 



Dan. 



Rotte 



Port. 



Rate 



> 





FI E rat is the mofl: pernicious of any of our 

 fmaller quadrupeds : our meat, corn, paper, 

 deaths, furniture, in fhort every conveniency of life 

 is a prey to this deftruftive creature : nor does it con- 

 fine itfelf to thefe i -but will make equal havoke 

 among our poultry, rabbets, or young game. Un- 

 fortunately for us it is a domeftic animal, always re- 

 ading in houfes, barns, or grainaries ; and na- 

 ture has furniihed it with fore-teeth of fuch flrength, 

 as enable it to force its way through the hardefl wood, 

 or oldefl morter. It makes a lodge, either for its 

 days refidence, or for a neft for its young, near a 

 chimney-, and improves the warmth of it, by form- 

 ing there a magazine of wool, bits of cloth, hay or 



H ftraw. 



