Assertion: brown rat | /r/Synonym | norwegian rat
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text: The brown rat is also called the wharf rat, street rat, common rat, hood rat, Norway rat, Norwegian rat, sewer rat and Hanover rat.
text: Originally called the "Hanover rat" by people wishing to link problems in 18th century England with the House of Hanover, it is not known for certain why the brown rat is named Rattus norvegicus (Norwegian rat), as it did not originate from Norway.
text: The brown rat (Rattus norvegicus), also known as the common rat, street rat, sewer rat, Hanover rat, Norway rat, Norwegian rat, Parisian rat, or wharf rat is one of the best known and most common rats.
text: It is also known as the common rat, sewer rat, street rat, Hanover rat, Norwegian rat, Parisian rat, water rat, or wharf rat.
text: They are also known as brown rats, sewer rats, gray rats, wharf rats, common rats, street rats, water rats, house rats, Hanover rats, brown Norway rats, Norwegian rats and hood rats.
text: The brown rat, with the Latin name Rattus norvegicus, is also known as the Norwegian Rat (no offence to our Norwegian friends).
text: brown rat is also called the sewer rat, the barn rat, and the Norwegian rat.
text: It is not known for certain why it is named Rattus norvegicus (Norwegian rat) since it doesn't originate from Norway, but John Berkenhour, the author of the 1769 book Outlines of the Natural History of Great Britain, is most likely responsible for the misnomer.