COL·63QK6genusThe Nature Library · Catalogue of Life, 2026
Old World Rats
Rattus Fischer, 1803
- Also published as
- Acanthomys Gray, 1867; Christomys Sody, 1941; Cironomys Sody, 1941; Epimys Trouessart, 1881; Geromys Sody, 1941; Mollicomys Sody, 1941; Octomys Sody, 1941; Pullomys Sody, 1941; Stenomys Thomas, 1910; Togomys Dieterlen, 1989
66 species · 66 branches
- Rattus adustusspecies
- Rattus andamanensisspecies
- Rattus annandaleispecies
- Rattus arfakiensisspecies
- Rattus argentiventerspecies
- Rattus arrogansspecies
- Rattus baluensisspecies
- Rattus blangorumspecies
- Rattus bontanusspecies
- Rattus burrusspecies
- Rattus collettispecies
- Rattus elaphinusspecies
- Rattus enganusspecies
- Rattus everettispecies
- Rattus exulansspecies
- Rattus feliceusspecies
- Rattus fuscipesspecies
- Rattus giluwensisspecies
- Rattus hainaldispecies
- Rattus hoffmannispecies
- Rattus hoogerwerfispecies
- Rattus jobiensisspecies
- Rattus koopmanispecies
- Rattus korinchispecies
- Rattus leucopusspecies
- Rattus loseaspecies
- Rattus lugensspecies
- Rattus lutreolusspecies
- Rattus maclearispecies
- Rattus marmosurusspecies
- Rattus mindorensisspecies
- Rattus mollicomulusspecies
- Rattus montanusspecies
- Rattus mordaxspecies
- Rattus morotaiensisspecies
- Rattus nativitatisspecies
- Rattus niobespecies
- Rattus nitidusspecies
- Rattus norvegicusspecies
- Rattus novaeguineaespecies
- Rattus omichlodesspecies
- Rattus osgoodispecies
- Rattus palmarumspecies
- Rattus pelurusspecies
- Rattus pocockispecies
- Rattus praetorspecies
- Rattus pyctorisspecies
- Rattus ranjiniaespecies
- Rattus rattusspecies
- Rattus richardsonispecies
- Rattus saloccospecies
- Rattus sanilaspecies
- Rattus sataraespecies
- Rattus simalurensisspecies
- Rattus sordidusspecies
- Rattus steinispecies
- Rattus stoicusspecies
- Rattus tanezumispecies
- Rattus tawitawiensisspecies
- Rattus timorensisspecies
- Rattus tiomanicusspecies
- Rattus tunneyispecies
- Rattus vandeusenispecies
- Rattus verecundusspecies
- Rattus villosissimusspecies
- Rattus xanthurusspecies
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Where it has been recorded
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
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References
- Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, and A. L. Gardner. (1987). Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada. Resource Publication, No. 166.
- Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds. (1993). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd Ed., 3rd Printing.
- Hall, & Raymond, E. (1981). The Mammals of North America, 2nd Ed., Vol. 2.
- Musser, Guy G., and Michael D. Carleton / Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds. (2005). Superfamily Muroidea. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd Ed., Vol. 2.
From the Catalogue of Life (catalogueoflife.org), compiled from its specialist databases; CC BY 4.0. This name in the Catalogue of Life.