Rattus pyctoris Hodgson 1845 ...

• Main Authors: Wilson, Don E., Reeder, DeeAnn
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: The Johns Hopkins University Press 2005
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Chordata; Mammalia; Rodentia; Muridae; Rattus; Rattus pyctoris; Hodgson; Rattus rattus
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11358357; https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.11358357

Rattus pyctoris Hodgson 1845 Rattus pyctoris Hodgson 1845, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 1, 15: 267. Type Locality: Nepal. Vernacular Names: Himalayan Rat. Synonyms: Rattus celsus G. M. Allen 1926; Rattus gilgitianus Akhtar 1959; Rattus khumbuensis Biswas and Khajuria 1955; Rattus rattoides (Hodgson 1845); Rattus shigarus (Miller 1913); Rattus turkestanicus (Satunin 1903); Rattus vicerex (Bonhote 1903). Distribution: Mountains of SE Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, E Uzbekistan, and Tajikistan (Kucheruk, 2000); EC Iran (NE Kerman Province; FMNH series); N Afghanistan (Hassinger, 1973; Niethammer and Martens, 1975; BMNH and FMNH specimens); N Pakistan (Akhtar, 1959; USNM material); N India (Agrawal, 2000; large series in BMNH, FMNH, and USNM); Nepal (Ellerman, 1961; Niethammer and Martens, 1975; BMNH, FMNH, and USNM specimens); and S China (Yunnan, Sichuan, and Guangdong; AMNH and FMNH material). Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc) as R. turkestanicus. Discussion: Rattus norvegicus species group. Despite past use of ... : Published as part of Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Rodentia - Family Muridae, pp. 1189-1531 in Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 2, Baltimore :The Johns Hopkins University Press on page 1482, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7316535 ...