black rat
roof rat
Rattus rattus

The black rat was huge, almost two feet in length.

And there's an army of black rats gathering behind it, ready to storm through!

But there are thousands of those foul black rats, far too many to count.

Your face is still swollen after the fight with the black rat.

Its extinction was probably caused by the introduction of black rats.

Their little black rat eyes watched him watching them.

Old Bailey reached into his pocket and pulled out the black rat, who had gone to sleep.

Reports of large, black rats being seen came in regularly, but on investigation it usually turned out to be a dog or cat.

The black rats are swarming up the other side of the wall.

The black rat, who had watched all this with interest, now began to climb down the fragment of wall and away.