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Rattus
Temporal range: Early Pleistocene – Recent
The brown rat (Rattus norvegicus )
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Mammalia
Order:
Rodentia
Family:
Muridae
Tribe:
Rattini
Genus:
Rattus Fischer de Waldheim , 1803
Type species
Rattus rattus
Linnaeus, 1758
Species
68 species
Synonyms [1]
Stenomys Thomas, 1910
Acanthomys Gray, 1867
Christomys Sody, 1941
Cironomys Sody, 1941
Epimys Trouessart, 1881
Geromys Sody, 1941
Mollicomys Sody, 1941
Octomys Sody, 1941
Pullomys Sody, 1941
Togomys Dieterlen, 1989
Two Rats by Vincent van Gogh (1884)
Rattus genus of muroid rodents , all typically called rats . However, the term rat can also be applied to rodent species outside of this genus.
Species and description [ edit ]
The best-known Rattus species are the black rat (R. rattus ) and the brown rat (R. norvegicus ). The group is generally known as the Old World rats or true rats and originated in Asia . Rats are bigger than most Old World mice , which are their relatives, but seldom weigh over 500 grams (1.1 lb ) in the wild.
Taxonomy of Rattus [ edit ]
The genus Rattus is a member of the giant subfamily Murinae . Several other murine genera are sometimes considered part of Rattus : Lenothrix Anonymomys Sundamys Kadarsanomys Diplothrix Margaretamys Lenomys Komodomys Palawanomys Bunomys Nesoromys Stenomys , Taeromys Paruromys Abditomys Tryphomys Limnomys Tarsomys Bullimus Apomys Millardia Srilankamys Niviventer Maxomys Leopoldamys Berylmys Mastomys Myomys Praomys Hylomyscus Heimyscus Stochomys Dephomys Aethomys [citation needed
The genus Rattus proper contains 64 extant species . A subgeneric breakdown of the species has been proposed, but does not include all species.[2]
Species [ edit ]
Genus
Rattus – Typical rats
Philippine forest rat (Rattus everetti ) – the Philippines
Polynesian rat or kiore (Rattus exulans ) – originally native to Bangladesh , Myanmar , Thailand , Cambodia , Laos , Vietnam , Malaysia , and Indonesia, but now introduced throughout the Pacific (including most Polynesian , Melanesian , and Micronesian islands, most notably Fiji , Papua New Guinea , New Zealand , Easter Island and Hawaii ), as well as the Philippines, Brunei , and Singapore , origin uncertain in Taiwan
Hainald's rat (Rattus hainaldi ) – Indonesia
Hoogerwerf's rat (Rattus hoogerwerfi ) – Indonesia
Korinch's rat (Rattus korinchi ) – Indonesia
†Maclear's rat (Rattus macleari ) – Christmas Island (now extinct)
Nillu rat (Rattus montanus ) – Sri Lanka
Molaccan prehensile-tailed rat (Rattus morotaiensis ) – Indonesia
†Bulldog rat (Rattus nativitatis ) – Christmas Island (now extinct)
Kerala rat (Rattus ranjiniae ) – India
New Ireland forest rat (Rattus sanila ) (potentially extinct)
Andaman rat (Rattus stoicus ) – the Andaman Islands , India
Timor rat (Rattus timorensis ) – Timor
R. norvegicus group
Himalayan field rat (Rattus nitidus ) – originally native to Bhutan , China , India, Myanmar, Nepal , Thailand, and Vietnam (presence uncertain in Bangladesh), but now introduced to Indonesia, the Philippines, and Palau
Brown rat (Rattus norvegicus ) – originally native to southeast Siberia , northeast China, and parts of Japan , but now introduced worldwide except Antarctica
Turkestan rat (Rattus pyctoris ; obs. Rattus turkestanicus ) – Afghanistan , China, India, Iran, Kyrgyzstan , Nepal and Pakistan
R. rattus group
Sunburned rat (Rattus adustus ) – Enggano Island , Indonesia
Sikkim rat (Rattus andamanensis ) – Bhutan , Cambodia , China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand and Vietnam
Ricefield rat (Rattus argentiventer ) – Southeast Asia
Summit rat (Rattus baluensis ) – Malaysia
Aceh rat (Rattus blangorum ) – Indonesia
Nonsense rat (Rattus burrus ) – Nicobar Islands , India
Hoffmann's rat (Rattus hoffmanni ) – Indonesia
Koopman's rat (Rattus koopmani ) – Indonesia
Lesser ricefield rat (Rattus losea ) – China, Laos, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam
Mentawai rat (Rattus lugens ) – Indonesia
Mindoro black rat (Rattus mindorensis ) – the Philippines
Little soft-furred rat (Rattus mollicomulus ) – Indonesia
Osgood's rat (Rattus osgoodi ) – Vietnam
Palm rat (Rattus palmarum ) – Nicobar Islands, India
Black rat (Rattus rattus ) – originally native to western India and Pakistan , but now introduced worldwide except Antarctica
Little Indochinese field rat (Rattus sakeratensis ) – Thailand and Laos
Sahyadris forest rat (Rattus satarae ) – India
Simalur rat (Rattus simalurensis ) – Indonesia
Tanezumi rat (Rattus tanezumi ) – Afghanistan , Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, Cocos (Keeling) Islands , Fiji, India, Indonesia, Japan, North Korea , South Korea, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, the Philippines, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam
Tawitawi forest rat (Rattus tawitawiensis ) – the Philippines
Malayan field rat (Rattus tiomanicus ) – Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines and Thailand
R. xanthurus group
R. leucopus group (New Guinean group)
R. fuscipes group (Australian group)
Phylogeny [ edit ]
The following phylogeny of selected Rattus species is from Pagès, et al. (2010).[3]
Fossil species [ edit ]
In contrast to the large number of living species, as of 2024, just four fossil species have been placed in Rattus proper:[4]
Rattus baoshanensis - Late Pliocene China
Rattus jaegeri - Late Pliocene to Early Pleistocene Thailand
Rattus pristinus - Early Pleistocene China
Rattus miyakoensis - Late Pleistocene Japan[5]
References [ edit ]
^ Thomson, Vicki; Wiewel, Andrew; Chinen, Aldo; Maryanto, Ibnu; Sinaga, M. H.; How, Ric; Aplin, Ken; Suzuki, Hitoshi (2018). "A perspective for resolving the systematics of Rattus , the vertebrates with the most influence on human welfare". Zootaxa . 4459 (3 ): 431–452. doi :10.11646/zootaxa.4459.3.2 . PMID 30314119 . S2CID 52975664 .
^ Pagès, Marie; Chaval, Yannick; Herbreteau, Vincent; Waengsothorn, Surachit; Cosson, Jean-François; Hugot, Jean-Pierre; Morand, Serge; Michaux, Johan (2010). "Revisiting the taxonomy of the Rattini tribe: a phylogeny-based delimitation of species boundaries" . BMC Evolutionary Biology . 10 1 ): 184. Bibcode :2010BMCEE..10..184P . doi :10.1186/1471-2148-10-184 PMC 2906473 PMID 20565819 .
^ Chang, M.; Zhang, C.; et al. (January 2023). "A new Rattus species and its associated micromammals from the Pliocene Yangyi Formation in Baoshan, Western Yunnan, China". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology . 43 1 ): e2249063. doi :10.1080/02724634.2023.2249063 .
^ Kawaguchi, S.; Kaneko, Y.; Hasegawa, Y. (2009). "A new species of the fossil murine rodent from the Pinza-Abu Cave, the Miyako Island of the Ryukyo Archipelago, Japan" . Bulletin of Gunma Museum of Natural History . 13 . Retrieved 3 March 2024 .
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