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Old World Rats
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Old World Rats

Rattus

Rats are various medium-sized, long-tailed rodents of the superfamily Muroidea.

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60 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 72 known species

Brown Rat

speciesRattus norvegicus

Black Rat

speciesRattus rattus

Australian Bush Rat

speciesRattus fuscipes

Australian Swamp Rat

speciesRattus lutreolus

Oriental House Rat

speciesRattus tanezumi

Polynesian Rat

speciesRattus exulans

Indochinese Forest Rat

speciesRattus andamanensis

Lesser Ricefield Rat

speciesRattus losea

Pale Field Rat

speciesRattus tunneyi

Long-haired Rat

speciesRattus villosissimus

Ricefield Rat

speciesRattus argentiventer

Malaysian Field Rat

speciesRattus tiomanicus

Canefield Rat

speciesRattus sordidus

Cape York Rat

speciesRattus leucopus

Sahyadris Forest Rat

speciesRattus satarae

Philippine Forest Rat

speciesRattus everetti

Kinabalu Rat

speciesRattus baluensis

Himalayan Field Rat

speciesRattus nitidus

Peleng Island Xanthurus Rat

speciesRattus pelurus

Northeastern Xanthurus Rat

speciesRattus xanthurus

Himalayan Rat

speciesRattus pyctoris

Andaman Rat

speciesRattus stoicus

Hoffmann’s Sulawesi Rat

speciesRattus hoffmanni

Mentawai Archipelago Rat

speciesRattus lugens

Little Indochinese Field Rat

speciesRattus sakeratensis

Koopman’s Peleng Island Rat

speciesRattus koopmani

Eastern Rat

speciesRattus mordax

Sula Archipelago Rat

speciesRattus elaphinus

Lore Lindu Xanthurus Rat

speciesRattus facetus

Timor Forest Rat

speciesRattus timorensis

Vogelkop Mountain Rat

speciesRattus arfakiensis

Dusky Rat

speciesRattus colletti

Sri Lankan Mountain Rat

speciesRattus montanus

Bonthain Rat

speciesRattus bontanus

Moss-forest Rat

speciesRattus niobe

Halmahera Rat

speciesRattus morotaiensis

Osgood’s Vietnamese Rat

speciesRattus osgoodi

Lampobatang Sulawesi Rat

speciesRattus mollicomulus

Glacier Rat

speciesRattus richardsoni

Southeastern Xanthurus Rat

speciesRattus salocco

Burnished Enggano Rat

speciesRattus adustus

Sumatran Mountain Rat

speciesRattus korinchi

Ranjini’s Field Rat

speciesRattus ranjiniae

Zelebor’s Nicobar Rat

speciesRattus palmarum

Hainald’s Flores Island Rat

speciesRattus hainaldi

Miller's Nicobar Rat

speciesRattus burrus

Small Spiny Rat

speciesRattus steini

Arianus's Rat

speciesRattus omichlodes

Pocock’s Highland Rat

speciesRattus pococki

Manus Island Spiny Rat

speciesRattus detentus

New Ireland Forest Rat

speciesRattus sanila

Talibu Island Rat

speciesRattus taliabuensis

Rattus ombirah

speciesRattus ombirah

Rattus halmaheraensis

speciesRattus halmaheraensis

Rattus feileri

speciesRattus feileri

Rattus ceramicus

speciesRattus ceramicus

Yapen Rat

speciesRattus jobiensis

Niken's Rat

speciesRattus nikenii

Simalur Archipelago Rat

speciesRattus simalurensis

Western New Guinea Mountain Rat

speciesRattus arrogans

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