Losea Rat
Rattus losea (Swinhoe, 1871)
Also calledKleine Reisfeldratte (deu) · Rat losea (fra) · pikkuriisirotta (fin) · szczur tajwański (pol) · Малая рисовая крыса (rus) · หนูนาเล็ก (tha) · コキバラネズミ (jpn) · 小黃腹鼠 (zho)
First described in: Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. vol.1870 p.637
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
discussion
COMMENTS: Known morphological, geographical, and altitudinal boundaries; correctly and incorrectly assoicated scientific names; and geographic variation reviewed by Musser and Newcomb (1985). They also suggested that R. losea is morphologically and probably phylogenetically nearer R. osgoodi from the highlands of S Vietnam than any other species of Rattus, and speculated that R. losea is also phylogenetically linked to R. argentiventer.
Order Rodentia - Family Muridae
distribution
DISTRIBUTION: Recorded from Taiwan, Pescadores Isis, S China (Fujian, Guangdong, Jiangxi, Hainan Isl), C Vietnam, S Laos, and Thailand (excluding peninsular Thailand); probably will also be found in Cambodia, N Laos and Vietnam, and parts of Burma borderingThailand (Musser and Newcomb, 1985).
Order Rodentia - Family Muridae
discussion
COMMENT: Includes exiguus and sakeratensis; see Marshall, 1977, in Lekagul and McNeely, p. 465.
Order Rodentia (Part 5)
distribution
DISTRIBUTION: Taiwan; Hainan IsL and Fukien (China) to Vietnam; Thailand; Malaya.
Order Rodentia (Part 5)
Where it has been recorded
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
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Every page naming Rattus losea in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2439258.