▲ 321 ▼ TIL there's a subspecies of rat whose scientific name is Rattus rattus rattus (en.wikipedia.org) submitted 21 hours ago by TheTechnician27@lemmy.world to c/til@lemmy.world 36 comments fedilink hide all child comments Genus name: Rattus Species name: rattus Subspecies name: rattus You'd actually say it as R. rattus rattus or Rattus r. rattus.
[–] Kraiden@piefed.social 6 points 16 hours ago* (1 child) Am I blind or is that list missing r. r. rattus? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] tal@lemmy.today 4 points 16 hours ago double checks It's not in there. Could be that the subspecies classification was recent or undone or controversial or something? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] tal@lemmy.today 4 points 16 hours ago double checks It's not in there. Could be that the subspecies classification was recent or undone or controversial or something? permalink fedilink source parent