Hooded or Pied Rat (Rattus norvegicus). Domesticated form, bred for research, pet, companion, food source for predatory animals.


Domestic Hooded Rat (Rattus norvegicus). Widely kept and bred as a companion animal, a pet, in medical research laboratories and, as a dead animal, as a food item for other carnivorous creatures including birds of prey and reptiles in zoos, private collections of animals.


Size: 3744px × 5616px
Photo credit: © Joe Blossom / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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