Life Mammalia Rodentia Muridae

896x454 (~121Kb) Russia, Moscow Zoo, 12.3.2010, Photo © D. Smirnov

The exact identification of this species is still unknown, but tentatively assumed to belong into this group.

• Rattus rattus (Linnaeus, 1758) SEU, CEU, Mediterranean, S.Russia, SW.Asia, N.Africa, S.China, Japan. See [maps] Mustarotta Black rat Ship Rat

  • Mus rattus Linnaeus, 1758; ; TL: Sweden
  • domesticus
  • albus
  • alexandrino-rattus
  • alexandrino ; (Egypt)
  • ater
  • brookei
  • caeruleus
  • chionagaster (Cabrera)
  • flaviventris ; (Arabia)
  • fuliginosus
  • fulvaster
  • fuscus
  • intermedius
  • jurassicus
  • latipes
  • leucogaster
  • nemoralis
  • nericola
  • picteti
  • ruthenus
  • sueirensis ; (Morocco)
  • sylvestris
  • tectorum ; (N. Italy)
  • varius
  • rattus tanezumi (Temminck, 1845); (China,Japan)
  • nezumi
  • flavipectus ; (S.China)
  • rattus diardi (Jentink, 1879); (E. Indies, Japan)
  • Mus diardi Jentink, 1879; (W. Java)
• Rattus rattoides (Hodgson, 1845) Turkestan, NE.Iran, Afghanistan - Pakistan, N.India - Sikkim, S.China?, Burma?. See [maps]

  • Mus rattoides Hodgson, 1845; (Nepal)
  • Rattus rattus khumbuensis Biswas & Khajuria, 1955; (Nepal)
  • rattus vicerex (Bonhote, 1903); (W.Himalayas)
  • shigarius
  • rattus turkestanicus (Satunin, 1903); (Turkestan, Iran, Afghanistan)
• Rattus norvegicus (Berkkenhaut, 1769) EU, Asia Minor, S.Siberia, China, Japan, Temperate NA, W.Palearctic. See [maps] Rotta Isorotta Brown Rat Common Rat

  • Mus norvegicus Berkkenhaut, 1769; (Britain)
  • caspius
  • Mus decumanus Pallas
  • discolor
  • hibernicus ; (Ireland)
  • hybridus
  • surmolottus
  • norvegicus caraco (Pallas, 1779); ; TL: Transbaikalia
  • griseopectus ; (Szechuan)
  • humiliatus ; (N. China)
  • insolatus ; (Shensi)
  • otomoi ; (Honshu, Japan)
  • plumbeus
  • primarius
  • socer ; (Kansu)
  • sowerbyi
• Rattus niviventer (Hodgson, 1836) China, E.Himalayas - Malayan Peninsula. See [maps]

  • Mus niviventer Hodgson, 1836; ; TL: Katmandu, Nepal
  • chihliensis ; (near Peking)
  • sacer ; (Shantung)

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