Taxon profile
Included taxa
Number of records: 68species Rattus adustus Sody, 1940
- Sunburned Rat
species Rattus andamanensis Blyth, 1860
- Sikkim Rat
species Rattus annandalei (Bonhote, 1903)
- Annandale's Rat
species Rattus arfakiensis Rümmler, 1935
- Vogelkop Mountain Rat
species Rattus argentiventer (Robinson & Kloss, 1916)
- Rice-field Rat
species Rattus arrogans Thomas, 1922
- Western New Guinea Mountain Rat
species Rattus baluensis (Thomas, 1894)
- Summit Rat
species Rattus blangorum Miller, 1942
- Aceh Rat
species Rattus bontanus Thomas, 1921
- Bonthain Rat
species Rattus burrus (Miller, 1902)
- Nonsense Rat
species Rattus colletti (Thomas, 1904)
- Dusky Rat
species Rattus detentus Timm, Weijola, Aplin, Flannery & Pine, 2016
species Rattus elaphinus Sody, 1941
- Sula Rat
species Rattus enganus (Miller, 1906)
- Enggano Rat
species Rattus everetti (Günther, 1879)
- Philippine Forest Rat
species Rattus feliceus Thomas, 1920
- Spiny Ceram Rat
species Rattus fuscipes (Waterhouse, 1839)
- Bush Rat
species Rattus giluwensis Hill, 1960
- Giluwe Rat
species Rattus hainaldi Kitchener, How & Maharadatunkamsi, 1991
- Hainald's Rat
species Rattus hoffmanni (Matschie, 1901)
- Hoffmann's Rat
species Rattus hoogerwerfi Chasen, 1939
- Hoogerwerf's Rat
species Rattus jobiensis Rümmler, 1935
- Japen Rat
species Rattus koopmani Musser & Holden, 1991
- Koopman's Rat
species Rattus korinchi (Robinson & Kloss, 1916)
- Korinch's Rat
species Rattus leucopus (Gray, 1867)
- Cape York Rat
species Rattus losea (Swinhoe, 1871)
- Lesser Rice-field Rat
species Rattus lugens (Miller, 1903)
- Mentawai Rat
species Rattus lutreolus (J. E. Gray, 1841)
- Australian Swamp Rat
species Rattus marmosurus Thomas, 1921
- Opossum Rat
species Rattus mindorensis (Thomas, 1898)
- Mindoro Black Rat
species Rattus mollicomulus Tate & Archbold, 1935
- Little Soft-furred Rat
species Rattus montanus Phillips, 1932
- Nillu Rat
species Rattus mordax (Thomas, 1904)
- Eastern Rat
species Rattus morotaiensis Kellogg, 1945
- Molaccan Prehensile-tailed Rat
species Rattus nikenii Maryanto, Sinaga, Achmadi & Maharadatunkamsi, 2010
species Rattus niobe Thomas, 1906
- Moss-forest Rat
species Rattus nitidus (Hodgson, 1845)
- Himalayan Field Rat
species Rattus novaeguineae Taylor & Calaby, 1982
- New Guinean Rat
species Rattus omichlodes Misonne, 1979
- Arianus’ New Guinea Mountain Rat
species Rattus osgoodi Musser & Newcomb, 1985
- Osgood's Rat
species Rattus palmarum (Zelebor, 1869)
- Palm Rat
species Rattus pelurus Sody, 1941
- Peleng Rat
species Rattus pococki Ellerman, 1941
- Pocock’s New Guinea Highland Rat
species Rattus praetor (Thomas, 1888)
- Spiny Rat
species Rattus ranjiniae Agrawal & Ghosal, 1969
- Kerala Rat
species Rattus richardsoni (Tate, 1949)
- Glacier Rat
species Rattus salocco Tate & Archbold, 1935
- Southeastern Xanthurus Rat
species Rattus sanila Flannery & White, 1991
- New Ireland Rat
species Rattus satarae Hinton, 1918
- Sahyadris Forest Rat
species Rattus simalurensis (Miller, 1903)
- Simalur Rat
species Rattus sordidus (Gould, 1858)
- Dusky Field Rat
species Rattus steini Rümmler, 1935
- Stein's Rat
species Rattus stoicus (Miller, 1902)
- Andaman Rat
species Rattus tanezumi Temminck, 1844
- Tanezumi Rat
species Rattus tawitawiensis Musser & Heaney, 1985
- Tawi-tawi Forest Rat
species Rattus timorensis Kitchener, Aplin & Boeadi, 1991
- Timor Rat
species Rattus tiomanicus (Miller, 1900)
- Malayan Field Rat
species Rattus tunneyi (Thomas, 1904)
- Pale Field Rat
species Rattus vandeuseni Taylor & Calaby, 1982
- Van Deusen's Rat
species Rattus verecundus Thomas, 1904
- Slender Rat
species Rattus villosissimus (Waite, 1898)
- Long-haired Rat
species Rattus xanthurus (Gray, 1867)
- Yellow-tailed Rat
Links and literature
The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera [1302533]
Rees, T. (compiler): The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera [http://www.irmng.org] [as Rattus Fischer de Waldheim, 1803]
Data retrieved on: 6 January 2020
Australian Faunal Directory [5b384937-886a-46e4-a945-83366e9bd3f2]
ABRS (2009-2019): Australian Faunal Directory [https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/home], Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra [as Rattus Fischer, 1803]
Data retrieved on: 8 February 2015
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