Rattus norvegicus

• Main Authors: Jo, Yeong-Seok, Baccus, John T., Koprowski, John L.
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
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• Published: Zenodo 2018
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Chordata; Mammalia; Rodentia; Muridae; Rattus; Rattus norvegicus; Norway; Rattus rattus; Siberia
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4571529; http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03A0BE3B64BFFF08FF4FF9C2FC4257BE

Rattus norvegicus (Berkenhout, 1769) —Brown Rat, common rat, Norway rat Mus norvegicus Berkenhout, 1769 p.5; Type locality- United Kingdom. M. caraco Pallas, 1778 p.91; Type locality- China and far eastern Siberia. Epimys norvegicus caraco : Sowerby, 1923 p.154. Rattus norvegicus caraco : Vinogradov & Obolensky, 1927 p.237; Won, 1958 p.449; Jones & Johnson, 1965 p.389; Won, 1967 p.248. R. norvegicus : Kishida & Mori, 1931 p.378; Won, 1958 p.448; Won, 1967 p.239; Won, 1968 p.172; Yoon, 1992 p.85; Han, 1994 p.47; Won & Smith, 1999 p.27; Han, 2004c p.118. R . norvegicus norvegicus : Kuroda, 1938 p.69; Won, 1968 p.173. Range: The brown rat is commensal everywhere people live on the Korean Peninsula and associated islands (Fig. 124). Remarks: Corbet (1978) noted that the common rat, Rattus norvegicus , had an extensive distribution in the world and recognized two subspecies ( R . norvegicus norvegicus in the western Palearctic and R . norvegicus caraco in eastern Asia). Won (1967) reported two subspecies of R . norvegicus in Korea ( R . n . norvegicus in most of the peninsula and R . n . caraco in the extreme northern part). Nevertheless, Jones and Johnson (1965) suggested that only one subspecies; R . n . caraco , inhabited the entire peninsula. Kral (1971) reported that the two subspecies of common rats ( R . n . norvegicus R . n. caraco ) in Russia had identical karyotypes (seven metacentric, nine telocentric, four subtelocentric autosome pairs); the same karyotype was reported by Kang and Kim (1963) for R . n . norvegicus in Korea. On the basis of C-banding patterns and morphometric variation, Koh (1992) suggested that a single subspecies inhabited Korea, namely R . n . caraco . The subspecies on Ulleung Island was classified as R. n. longicaudus by Mori (1937) but was erroneously identified as a subspecies of R . norvegicus (Jones & Johnson 1965). The subspecies on Ulleung Island is Rattus rattus tanezumi . Published as part of Jo, Yeong-Seok, Baccus, John T. & Koprowski, John L., ...