rodent species outside of this genus. The best-known Rattus species are the black rat (R. rattus) and the brown rat (R. norvegicus). The group is generally...
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Black rat (redirect from Rattus_rattus_rattus)
black rat (Rattus rattus), also known as the roof rat, ship rat, or house rat, is a common long-tailed rodent of the stereotypical rat genus Rattus, in the...
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Tawitawi forest rat (redirect from Rattus tawitawiensis)
The Tawitawi forest rat or Tawitawi Island rat (Rattus tawitawiensis) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found only in Tawi-Tawi, Philippines...
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Polynesian rat (redirect from Rattus exulans)
The Polynesian rat, Pacific rat or little rat (Rattus exulans), known to the Māori as kiore, is the third most widespread species of rat in the world behind...
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Rattus tanezumi - Tanezumi rat Rattus tawitawiensis - Tawitawi forest rat Rattus timorensis - Timor rat Rattus tiomanicus - Malayan field rat Rattus tunneyi...
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Bush rat (redirect from Rattus fuscipes)
are Rattus fuscipes assimilis, common in the coastal region of the south and east of continent, Rockhampton, Queensland to Timboon in Victoria Rattus fuscipes...
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Brown rat (redirect from Rattus norvegicus)
is a rather large murid and can weigh twice as much as a black rat (Rattus rattus) and many times more than a house mouse (Mus musculus). The head and...
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the world. The best-known rat species are the black rat (Rattus rattus) and the brown rat (Rattus norvegicus). This group, generally known as the Old World...
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Australian swamp rat (redirect from Rattus lutreolus)
December 2015. "Swamp Rat - Rattus lutreolus". Queensland Museum. 2015. Retrieved 31 December 2015. Cindy Felcher (1999). "Rattus lutreolus - Australian swamp...
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Rattus hainaldi is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found only on Flores Island in Indonesia, including on Mount Ranaka. Part of its habitat...
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sister to the radiation of Molucca and Australian Rattus species as part of the paraphyletic Rattus sensu lato. Greater bandicoot rat (B. indica) Bechstein...
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Nonsense rat (redirect from Rattus burrus)
Little Nicobar, and Trinket islands. On Car Nicobar Island, Rattus palmarum and Rattus anadamanensis live instead. The species was first described in...
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IUCN Tanezumi rat Rattus tanezumi Temminck, 1844 Introduced; commensal with humans LC IUCN Tawitawi forest rat Rattus tawitawiensis (Musser & Heaney,...
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Ricefield rat (redirect from Rattus argentiventer)
The ricefield rat (Rattus argentiventer) is a species of rat found throughout Southeast Asia. The ricefield rat is a medium-sized rat with a grizzled yellow-brown...
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Endemic to Luzon Columbiformes Rattus mindorensis Mindoro black rat Endemic to the Philippines Rodentia Rattus tawitawiensis Tawi-tawi forest rat Endemic...
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Long-haired rat (redirect from Rattus villosissimus)
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...
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Rattus satarae Simalur rat, Rattus simalurensis Tanezumi rat, Rattus tanezumi Tawitawi forest rat, Rattus tawitawiensis Malayan field rat, Rattus tiomanicus...
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Sunburned rat (redirect from Rattus adustus)
The sunburned rat (Rattus adustus) is a species of rat from Enggano Island in Indonesia. It is only known from the holotype and has not been recorded since...
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Tanezumi rat (redirect from Rattus tanezumi)
The tanezumi rat (Rattus tanezumi), also known as the Asian rat or Asian house rat, yellow-breasted or buff-breasted rat (Rattus flavipectus), is a species...
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Himalayan field rat (redirect from Rattus nitidus)
The Himalayan field rat (Rattus nitidus), sometimes known as the white-footed Indo-Chinese rat, is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It has a...
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Sahyadris forest rat (redirect from Rattus satarae)
"Morphological, chromosomal, and genic differences between sympatric Rattus rattus and Rattus satarae in South India". Journal of Mammalogy. 92 (3): 659–670...
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Malayan field rat (redirect from Rattus tiomanicus)
from Annandale's rat (Rattus annandalei) in having sleek fur with spines and fewer mammae, and from the ricefield rat (Rattus argentiventer) in having...
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Large New Guinea spiny rat (redirect from Rattus praetor)
The large New Guinea spiny rat (Rattus praetor) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found in Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, and the Solomon...
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Manus Island spiny rat (redirect from Rattus detentus)
The Manus Island spiny rat (Rattus detentus) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is endemic to Manus Island in Papua New Guinea, and potentially...
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Yellow-tailed rat (redirect from Rattus xanthurus)
The yellow-tailed rat (Rattus xanthurus) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found only in northeastern Sulawesi, Indonesia. Kennerley...
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translates loosely to "pig-rat". Like the better known rats in the genus Rattus, bandicoot rats are members of the family Muridae. Their fur is dark or...
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described by Heaney include, among others, the Tawi-Tawi forest rat (Rattus tawitawiensis), the Palawan Montane squirrel (Sundasciurus rabori), the Dinagat...
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These dimensions are about twice as large as those of a typical brown rat (Rattus norvegicus), which suggests about eight times the body mass. The body mass...
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Koopman's rat (redirect from Rattus koopmani)
Koopman's rat (Rattus koopmani) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is found only on Peleng island, located in the Banggai Islands (Kepulauan...
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Andaman rat (redirect from Rattus stoicus)
The Andaman rat (Rattus stoicus) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is endemic to the Andaman Islands, where it has been recorded on Henry...
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