---
title: "Szczur długowłosy"
description: "Rattus villosissimus — Ssaki. The long-haired rat (Rattus villosissimus), is a species of rodent in the family Muridae which is native to Australia."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/long-haired-rat
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Szczur długowłosy

> Rattus villosissimus — Ssaki. The long-haired rat (Rattus villosissimus), is a species of rodent in the family Muridae which is native to Australia.

- Scientific name: *Rattus villosissimus*
- Category: `mammals` (Ssaki)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 59
- Wikidata: [Q1766442](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1766442)
- iNaturalist taxon: [44543](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/44543)

## Names

- en: Long-haired Rat
- de: Australische Langhaarratte
- pl: Szczur długowłosy

## Countries with the most observations

AU (53)

## Summary

The long-haired rat (Rattus villosissimus), is a species of rodent in the family Muridae which is native to Australia. The long-haired rat is well known for its population irruptions over vast areas of Australia which is the basis of its alternative common name, the plague rat. Most of the research on the long-haired rat has been conducted during times of massive population fluctuations and therefore little is known about their biology in a non-eruptive period.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long-haired_rat

## Photo

![Szczur długowłosy](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/long-haired-rat/medium.jpg)

Photo: Richard Fuller · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/49931131

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/long-haired-rat?lang=pl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).