Rat - Taxonomy of Rattus - Species

Species

Genus Rattus - Typical rats

  • incertae sedis
    • Annandale's Rat (Rattus annandalei) – Indonesia, Malaysia, and Singapore
    • Enggano Rat (Rattus enganus) – Indonesia
    • Philippine Forest Rat (Rattus everetti) – the Philippines
    • Polynesian Rat (Rattus exulans) – Fiji and most Polynesian islands, New Zealand, Easter Island, and Hawaii
    • Hainald's Rat (Rattus hainaldi) – Indonesia
    • Hoogerwerf's Rat (Rattus hoogerwerfi) – Indonesia
    • Korinch's Rat (Rattus korinchi) – Indonesia
    • died Maclear's Rat (Rattus macleari) – Christmas Island
    • Nillu Rat (Rattus montanus) – Sri Lanka
    • Molaccan Prehensile-tailed Rat (Rattus morotaiensis) – Indonesia
    • died Bulldog Rat (Rattus nativitatis) – Christmas Island
    • Kerala Rat (Rattus ranjiniae) – India
    • New Ireland Forest Rat (Rattus sanila)
    • Andaman Rat (Rattus stoicus) – Andaman Islands
    • Timor rat (Rattus timorensis) – Timor
  • R. norvegicus group
    • Himalayan Field Rat (Rattus nitidus) – Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Palau, the Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam
    • Brown Rat or Norway Rat (Rattus norvegicus) – 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
    • Rice-field Rat (Rattus argentiventer) – Southeast Asia
    • Summit Rat (Rattus baluensis) – Malaysia
    • Aceh Rat (Rattus blangorum)
    • Nonsense Rat (Rattus burrus) – India
    • Hoffmann's Rat (Rattus hoffmanni) – Indonesia
    • Koopman's Rat (Rattus koopmani) – Indonesia
    • Lesser Rice-field 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) – India
    • Black Rat (Rattus rattus) – worldwide except Antarctica
    • Sahyadris Forest Rat (Rattus satarae)
    • 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
    • Tawi-Tawi Forest Rat (Rattus tawitawiensis) – the Philippines
    • Malayan Field Rat (Rattus tiomanicus) – Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, and Thailand
  • R. xanthurus group
    • Bonthain Rat (Rattus bontanus; obs. Rattus foramineus) – Indonesia
    • Opossum Rat (Rattus marmosurus) – Indonesia
    • Peleng Rat (Rattus pelurus) – Indonesia
    • Southeastern Xanthurus Rat (Rattus salocco) - Indonesia
    • Yellow-tailed Rat (Rattus xanthurus) – Indonesia
  • R. leucopus group (New Guinean group)
    • Arfak Rat (Vogelkop Mountain Rat) (Rattus arfakiensis)
    • Western New Guinea Mountain Rat (Rattus arrogans)
    • Sula Rat (Rattus elaphinus) – Indonesia
    • Spiny Ceram Rat (Rattus feliceus) – Indonesia
    • Giluwe Rat (Rattus giluwensis) – Papua New Guinea
    • Japen Rat (Rattus jobiensis) – Indonesia
    • Cape York Rat (Rattus leucopus) – Australia, Indonesia, and Papua New Guinea
    • Eastern Rat (Rattus mordax) – Papua New Guinea
    • Moss-forest Rat (Rattus niobe) – Papua New Guinea, Indonesia
    • New Guinean Rat (Rattus novaeguineae) – Papua New Guinea
    • Arianus's Rat (Rattus omichlodes)
    • Pocock’s Highland Rat (Rattus pococki)
    • Spiny Rat (Rattus praetor) – Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, and Solomon Islands
    • Glacier Rat (Rattus richardsoni) – Indonesia
    • Stein's Rat (Rattus steini) – Indonesia and Papua New Guinea
    • Van Deusen's Rat (Rattus vandeuseni) – Papua New Guinea
    • Slender Rat (Rattus verecundus) – Indonesia and Papua New Guinea
  • R. fuscipes group (Australian group)
    • Dusky Rat (Rattus colletti) – Australia
    • Bush Rat (Rattus fuscipes) – Australia
    • Australian Swamp Rat (Rattus lutreolus) – Australia
    • Dusky Field Rat (Rattus sordidus) – Australia, Indonesia, and Papua New Guinea
    • Pale Field Rat (Rattus tunneyi) – Australia
    • Long-haired Rat (Rattus villosissimus) – Australia

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