Genus Rattus Fischer, 1803
- Rattus Fischer, G. 1803. Das Nationalmuseum der Naturgeschichte zu Paris. Von seinem ersten Ursprunge bis zu seinem jetzigen Glanze. Zweiter Band. Schilderung der naturhistorischen Sammlungen. Frankfurt am. Main : F. Esslinger 426 pp., 4 pls [128] [as Ruttus].
Type species:
Mus decumanus Pallas, 1779 by monotypy ((Thomas, O., 1916) mistakenly identified Mus rattus as the type species of Rattus, see (Hollister, N., 1916)). - Epimys Trouessart, E.-L. 1881. Catalogue des mammifères vivants et fossiles. Rodentia (suite). Bulletin de la Société Etude Science de Angers 10: 105-212 [117] [originally made available as a subgenus of Mus Linnaeus, 1758 (as Mus Linnaeus, 1766) nom. nov. for Rattus Fischer, 1803].
- Christomys Sody, H.J.V. 1941. On a collection of rats from the Indo-Malayan and Indo-Australian regions With descriptions of 43 new genera, species and subspecies. Treubia 18: 255--325 [nom. nud.].
Type species:
Rattus macleari Thomas, 1887 by original designation.Compiled from secondary source:
Musser, G.G. & Carleton, M.D. 1993. Family Muridae. pp. 501-756 in Wilson, D.E. & Reeder, D-A (eds). Mammal species of the world. Washington : Smithsonian Institution 1206 pp. [649].
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Mahoney, J.A. in Walton, D.W. (ed.) 1988. Zoological Catalogue of Australia Volume 5. Mammalia. Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service x 274 pp. [Date published 13/Apr/1988] [180]
- Musser, G.G. & Carleton, M.D. 1993. Family Muridae. pp. 501-756 in Wilson, D.E. & Reeder, D-A (eds). Mammal species of the world. Washington : Smithsonian Institution 1206 pp. [649]
Distribution
Extra Distribution Information
World-wide by introduction, but apparently native only to Asia, SE Asian islands, Philippine Ils, New Guinea and Solomon Ils.
IBRA
ACT, NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Ben Lomond (BEL), Broken Hill Complex (BHC), Burt Plain (BRT), Central Arnhem (CA), Carnarvon (CAR), Channel Country (CHC), Central Kimberley (CK), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Coolgardie (COO), Cobar Peneplain (CP), Central Ranges (CR), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Desert Uplands (DEU), Dampierland (DL), Davenport Murchison Ranges (DMR), Darling Riverine Plains (DRP), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Finke (FIN), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Flinders (FLI), Gascoyne (GAS), Gawler (GAW), Gibson Desert (GD), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Hampton (HAM), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), King (KIN), Little Sandy Desert (LSD), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), Mallee (MAL), Murray Darling Depression (MDD), Mitchell Grass Downs (MGD), Mount Isa Inlier (MII), Mulga Lands (ML), Murchison (MUR), Nandewar (NAN), Naracoorte Coastal Plain (NCP), New England Tablelands (NET), Northern Kimberley (NK), NSW North Coast (NNC), NSW South Western Slopes (NSS), Nullarbor (NUL), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Pilbara (PIL), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields (SSD), Stony Plains (STP), Sturt Plateau (STU), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tanami (TAN), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Tasmanian West (TWE), Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)
Other Regions
Christmas Island terrestrial & freshwater, Norfolk Island terrestrial & freshwater, Torres Strait Islands
Australian Region
- Australia
- Australian Capital Territory
- New South Wales: Bulloo River basin, Lake Eyre basin, Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
- Northern Territory: Lake Eyre basin, N Gulf, N coastal, W plateau
- Queensland: Bulloo River basin, Lake Eyre basin, Murray-Darling basin, N Gulf, NE coastal
- South Australia: Lake Eyre basin, Murray-Darling basin, S Gulfs, SE coastal, W plateau
- Tasmania
- Victoria: Murray-Darling basin, SE coastal
- Western Australia: N coastal, NW coastal, SW coastal, W plateau
- Hawaii
- New Zealand
- Papua New Guinea
- Solomon Islands
Neotropical Region
- Easter Islands
Oriental Region
- Bangladesh
- Burma (= Myanmar)
- Indonesia
- Malaysia
- Philippines
- Thailand
Distribution References
- Menzies, J.I. & Dennis, E. 1979. Handbook of New Guinea Rodents. Handbook No. 6. Wau : Wau Ecology Institute vi 68 pp. 8 pls
- Corbet, G.B. & Hill, J.E. 1980. A World List of Mammalian Species. London : British Museum viii 226 pp.
- Musser, G.G. & Boeadi 1980. A new genus of murid rodent from the Komodo Islands in Nusatenggara, Indonesia. Journal of Mammalogy 61: 395-413
- Honacki, J.H., Kinman, K.E. & Koeppl, J.W. (eds) 1982. Mammal Species of the World: A taxonomic and geographic reference. Lawrence, Kansas : Allen Press & Assoc. Syst. Coll. ix 694 pp.
- Taylor, J.M., Calaby, J.H. & Van Deusen, H.M. 1982. A revision of the genus Rattus (Rodentia, Muridae) in the New Guinean region. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 173: 177-336
- Musser, G.G. & Newcomb, C. 1983. Malaysian murids and the giant rat of Sumatra. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 174: 327-598
General References
Musser, G.G. & Carleton, M.D. 1993. Family Muridae. pp. 501-756 in Wilson, D.E. & Reeder, D-A (eds). Mammal species of the world. Washington : Smithsonian Institution 1206 pp. [649] (considers Christomys to be a nom. nud.)