Rattus exulans ...

• Main Authors: Don E. Wilson, Russell A. Mittermeier, Thomas E. Lacher, Jr
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Lynx Edicions 2017
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Chordata; Mammalia; Rodentia; Muridae; Rattus; Rattus exulans; Rattus rattus; Lynx
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6788477; https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.6788477

669. Pacific Rat Rattus exulans French: Rat de Polynésie / German: Pazifik-Ratte / Spanish: Rata del Pacifico Other common names: Polynesian Rat Taxonomy. Mus exulans Peale, 1848, Tahiti Island (France), Society Islands. Rattus exulans is in the exulans species group, which is sister to the rattus species group. Rattus exulans was found to be closely related to R. everetti in a recent genetic study, but others have found R. everetti to be related to Limnomys and Tarsomys. There is not considerable geographical variation in R. exulans, but small island populations and northern populations tend to be larger. Rattus exulans probably spread with early seafaring people as they traveled to islands and settled, and it might have been intentionally introduced as a food source in many islands. Subfossils have been found throughout its native and less recent introduced distribution. Monotypic. Distribution. Probable original distribution includes SE Bangladesh, Myanmar, Laos, Vietnam, Taiwan, Thailand, Cambodia, Malay ... : Published as part of Don E. Wilson, Russell A. Mittermeier & Thomas E. Lacher, Jr, 2017, Muridae, pp. 536-884 in Handbook of the Mammals of the World – Volume 7 Rodents II, Barcelona :Lynx Edicions on pages 833-834, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.6887260 ...