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Typical Old World Rats
Rattini
Rattini is a very large, diverse tribe of muroid rodents in the subfamily Murinae. They are found throughout Asia and Australasia, with a few species ranging into Europe and northern Africa. The most well-known members of this group are the true rats (genus Rattus), several species of which have been introduced worldwide.
45 branches of this tribe, most-observed first · about 208 known species
Old World Rats
genusRattus
Micromys
genusMicromys
Niviventers
genusNiviventer
Bandicoot Rats
genusBandicota
Maxomys
genusMaxomys
Long-tailed Giant Rats
genusLeopoldamys
Diplothrix
genusDiplothrix
Sunda Giant Rats
genusSundamys
Sulawesi Rats
genusTaeromys
White-toothed Rats
genusBerylmys
Chiromyscus
genusChiromyscus
Komodomys
genusKomodomys
Lenothrix
genusLenothrix
Margareta Rats
genusMargaretamys
Lenomys
genusLenomys
Papagomys
genusPapagomys
Hill Rats
genusBunomys
Short-tailed Bandicoot-rats
genusNesokia
Philippine and Sulawesian Shrew Mice
genusCrunomys
Philippine Moss Mice
genusBullimus
Frateromys
genusFrateromys
Halmaheramys
genusHalmaheramys
Sulawesi Spiny Rats
genusEchiothrix
Eropeplus
genusEropeplus
Dacnomys
genusDacnomys
Sulawesian Shrew Rats
genusTateomys
Tryphomys
genusTryphomys
Srilankamys
genusSrilankamys
Kadarsanomys
genusKadarsanomys
Tonkinomys
genusTonkinomys
Nesoromys
genusNesoromys
Saxatilomys
genusSaxatilomys
Paucidentomys
genusPaucidentomys
Gracilimus
genusGracilimus
Hog-nosed Shrew Rat
genusHyorhinomys
Baletemys
genusBaletemys
Paulamys
genusPaulamys
Mindanao Moss Mice
genusLimnomys
Sommeromys
genusSommeromys
Anonymomys
genusAnonymomys
Melasmothrix
genusMelasmothrix
Abditomys
genusAbditomys
Waiomys
genusWaiomys
Long-footed Rats
genusTarsomys
Palawanomys
genusPalawanomys
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 846293.