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genus

Rattus Fischer, 1803

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Chordata - chordates »  class Mammalia - mammals »  order Rodentia - rodents »  family Muridae - mice »  subfamily Murinae - old world rats and mice

Scientific synonyms

Christomys Sody, 1941
Epimys Trouessart, 1881
Stenomys

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Included taxa

Number of records: 68

species 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 exulans (Peale, 1848) - Polynesian Rat

Rattus exulans - Polynesian 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 macleari (Thomas, 1887) - Maclear's 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 nativitatis (Thomas, 1889) - Bulldog 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 norvegicus (Berkenhout, 1769) - Brown Rat

Rattus norvegicus - Brown 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 pyctoris Hodgson, 1845 - Himalayan Rat

Rattus pyctoris - Himalayan Rat

species Rattus ranjiniae Agrawal & Ghosal, 1969 - Kerala Rat
species Rattus rattus (Linnaeus, 1758) - Black Rat

Rattus rattus - Black 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

EN Australian Faunal Directory [5b384937-886a-46e4-a945-83366e9bd3f2]

ABRS (2009-2015): Australian Faunal Directory [http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversi...], Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra [as Rattus Fischer, 1803]
Data retrieved on: 8 February 2015
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