Rattus tanezumi Temminck 1844
Creators: name: Musser, Guy G.
name: Carleton, Michael D.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 1993
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Rodentia
Muridae
Rattus
Rattus tanezumi

description: <i>Rattus tanezumi</i> Temminck, 1844 <i>In</i> Siebold, Temminck, and Schlegel, Fauna Japonica, Arnz et Socii, Lugduni Batavorum, p. 51. TYPE LOCALITY: Japan, possibly from near Nagasaki on Kyushu Isl (see Jones and Johnson, 1965). DISTRIBUTION: Apparently indigenous to SE Asia, from E Afghanistan through highlands of Nepal and N India into S and C China (incl. Hainan Isl), Korea, and mainland Indochina (incl. offshore islands) south to Isthmus of Kra; also probably native to Mergui Arch., Andaman Isls, and some of the Nicobar Isls; also in SW peninsular India. Whether native or introduced to Taiwan and Japan is unknown (but see Yosida and Harada, 1985). Most likely introduced to the Malay Peninsula and islands on the Sunda Shelf (Medway and Yong, 1976) and nearby archipelagos just off of the Shelf, including the Mentawais (Musser and Califia, 1982; Musser and Newcomb, 1983). Certainly introduced to the Cocos-Keeling Isls (Musser and Califia, 1982), the Philippines (Musser, 1977«), Sulawesi (Musser and Holden, 1991), and numerous islands east through the Moluccas and Nusa Tenggara (Musser, 1970«, 1972, 1981 c) to W New Guinea (Sody, 1941), and farther east through Micronesia to islands of Eniwetok and Fiji (Johnson, 1962«, <i>b),</i> but not to the Samoas where R. rattus occurs (Yosida et al., 1985). SYNONYMS: <i>alangensis, amboinensis, andamanensis, argyraceus, auroreus, barussanoides, benguetensis, bhotia,</i> <i>brevicaudus</i> Chakraborty, 1975, <i>brevicaudus</i> Kuroda, 1952; <i>brunneus, bullocki, burrulus, coloratus, dammermani, dentatus, diardii, exsul, flavipectus, flebilis, fortunatus, germaini, griseiventer, holchu, insulanus, kadanus, keelingensis, kelleri, khyensis, kramensis, lalolis, lanensis, longicaudus, lontaris, macmillani, makassarius, makensis, mansorius, masaretes, mesanis, mindanensis, moheius, molliculus, moluccarius, neglectus, nezumi, obiensis, ouangthomae, palelae, palembang, panjius, pannellus, pannosus, pelengensis, pipidonis, poenitentiarii, portus, povolnyi, pulliventer, rangensis, robiginosus, robonsoni, robustulus, samati, santalum, sapoensis, septicus, sladeni, sumbae, tablasi, talaudensis, tatkonensis, thai, tikos, tistae, toxi, turbidus, yeni, yunnanensis, wroughtoni, zamboangae</i> (see Ellerman, 1941; Ellerman and MorrisonScott, 1951; Johnson, 1962b; Jones and Johnson, 1965; Laurie and Hill, 1954; Musser, 1970«, 1972, 1977«; Musser and Califia, 1982; Musser and Holden, 1991; Musser and Newcomb, 1983, 1985; Sody, 1941). COMMENTS: The authority is usually cited as 1845, but was published in 1844; see Holthuis and Sakai (1970). The name <i>tanezumi</i> is the oldest for the 2N=42 group of Asian houserats that is distinguished from the 2N =38 /40 R. <i>rattus</i> not only by chromosomal characters but also by morphological and biochemical traits (see account of R. <i>rattus</i> <i>).</i> The indigenous range is generally north and east of peninsular India, but in Mysore State of SW India, the two chromosomal types <i>(wroughtoni, 2N=42,</i> and <i>rufescens,</i> 2N=38) occur together (Lakhotia et al., 1973; Niethammer, 1975). Nature of the specific relationship between R. <i>rattus</i> and R. <i>tanezumi</i> on the Indian subcontinent where indigenous ranges are either parapatric or overlap still requires resolution. Phallic morphology of Chinese <i>flavipectus</i> described by Yang and Fang (1988) in context of assessing phylogenetic relationships among Chinese murines.
description: Published as part of <i>Guy G. Musser &amp; Michael D. Carleton, 1993, Order Rodentia - Family Muridae, pp. 501-755 in Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London :Smithsonian Institution Press</i> on page 660, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7353098
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