The+Black+Rat

The Black Rat. ( Rattus rattus )

It is a small rodent with almost 10 cm long, between the head and the body. It has a long tail of about 20 cm long. It normally weights between 200 and 250 gr .It is original from the asiatic southeast, and it came to Europe in hostorical times , and it has expanded to the rest of the world , after the discovery of America .It eats everything that it meets , even if it is an animal or a plant , but the foods they like most are the grains and the fruits. It is frecuence canivalism in this spiece .In the Middle Age the transmitted the " Black Death " among Europe. The epidemic finiched with the life of about 20 or 25 million persons, only in Europe.