Rattus exulans

(T. R. Peale, 1849)

Pacific Rat

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Supramyomorpha
Infraorder : Myomorphi
Superfamily : Muroidea
Family : Muridae
Subfamily : Murinae
Tribe : Rattini
Genus : Rattus

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Peale, T.R. 1849-06-05. United States Exploring Expedition. During the years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842. Under the Command of Charles Wilkes, U. S. N. Vol. VIII. Mammalia and Ornithology. C. Sherman, Philadelphia, 338 pp.

Original name as described

Mus exulans

Other common names

Polynesian Rat

Type material

USNM:MAMM:3730

Type kind

lectotype

Type locality

Tahiti Island (France), Society Islands.

Biogeographic realm

Australasia · Indomalaya

Country distribution

Bangladesh · Myanmar · Laos · Vietnam · Taiwan · Thailand · Cambodia · Malaysia · Indonesia · Brunei · Singapore

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

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