Rattus Fischer 1803
Creators: name: Honacki, James H.
name: Kinman, Kenneth E.
name: Koeppl, James W.
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 1982
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Rodentia
Muridae
Rattus

description: <i>Rattus</i> Fischer, 1803. Natl. Mus. Nat. Paris, 2: 128. REVIEWED BY: K. F. Koopman (KFK); J. T. Marshall (JTM)(S.E. Asia); B. McGillivray (BM); J. I. Menzies (JIM)(New Guinea, Sulawesi); G. G. Musser (GGM); S. Wang (SW) (China); C. H. S. Watts (CHSW)(Australia); A. C. Ziegler (ACZ)(New Guinea). COMMENT: <i>Rattus</i> Frisch, 1775, is unavailable; see Bull. Zool. Nomenci., 1950, 4: 549. Australian species revised by Taylor and Horner, 1973, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 150(l):l— 130. New Guinea species revised by Dennis and Menzies, 1978, Aust. J. Zool., 26: 197-206. Generic limits discussed by Musser and Boeadi, 1980, J. Mammal., 61:396, Musser, 1981, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 168(3):225-334, Musser, 1981, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 169(2):67- 176, and Misonne, 1969, Ann. Mus. R. Afr. Cent. Tervuren, ser. 8, Sei. Zool., 172:1 -219, 27 pl. Includes <i>Acanthomys, Geromys, Mollicomys, Nesoromys,</i> and <i>Stenomys</i> <i>;</i> see Musser, 1981, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 169(2): 137, 168. Formerly included <i>Komodomys rintjamis,</i> <i>Diplothrix legatus</i> (see Musser and Boeadi, 1980, J. Mammal., 61:395-413), <i>Limnomys</i> (see Musser, 1977, Am. Mus. Novit., 2636:114), <i>Maxomys,</i> in part (see Musser <i>et al.,</i> 1979, J. Mammal., 60:592-606), <i>Cremnomys, Millardia</i> (see Mishra and Dhanda, 1975, J. Mammal., 56:76), <i>Tarsomys</i> (see Musser, 1977, Am. Mus. Novit., 2624:12), <i>Niviventer, Leopoldamys,</i> the species <i>ohiensis,</i> which was transferred to <i>Srilankamys,</i> the species <i>beccarii,</i> which was transferred to <i>Margaretamys</i> (see Musser, 1981, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 168(3):225-334), <i>sodyi,</i> which was transferred to <i>Kadarsanomys</i> (see Musser, 1981, Zool. Verhandelingen, 189:5), <i>Berylmys, Bullimus,</i> <i>Bunomys,</i> <i>Paruromys, Tryphomys,</i> and <i>Taeromys</i> (see Musser, 1981, Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 169(2):67- 176). Formerly included <i>shawmayeri,</i> which was transferred to <i>Pogonomelomys ruemmleri</i> by George, 1978, <i>in</i> Tyler, The Status of Endangered Australasian Wildlife, Roy. Zool. Soc. South Australia, p. 95. ISIS NUMBER: 5301410011058000000.
description: Published as part of <i>James H. Honacki, Kenneth E. Kinman &amp; James W. Koeppl, 1982, Order Rodentia (Part 5), pp. 504-560 in Mammal Species of the World (1 st Edition), Lawrence, Kansas, USA :Alien Press, Inc. &amp; The Association of Systematics Collections</i> on page 547, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7353037
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