Common Name
Roof Rat
Order
Rodentia
Family
Muridae
Species Name
Rattus rattus
Status
Lower risk
States
Alabama
Arkansas
Georgia
Hawaii
Massachusetts
Mississippi
North Carolina
New Hampshire
New Mexico
Nevada
New York
Oklahoma
Oregon
Texas
Virginia
Washington
West Virginia
Distribution
Distributed around the outside of the country. Not many records of this species being collected in the interior of the country (this might be because of sampling effort).
Notes
Native of southeastern Asia. Introduced. Lives in close association with humans. Frequents buildings, does not require soil for burrowing.
Oklahoma
May have entered state through Red River Valley.