Rattus exulans

• Main Authors: James H. Honacki, Kenneth E. Kinman, James W. Koeppl
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: Alien Press, Inc. & The Association of Systematics Collections 1982
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Chordata; Mammalia; Rodentia; Muridae; Rattus; Rattus exulans; Morrison; New Zealand; Pacific; Rattus rattus
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7211470; http://treatment.plazi.org/id/FF2A6A1DFFC55663FF48FD6C171A2984

Rattus exulans (Peale, 1848). Mammalia and Ornithology, in U.S. Expl. Exped., 8:47. TYPE LOCALITY: Society Isis., Tahiti Isl. (France). DISTRIBUTION: Bangladesh; Burma; Thailand; Indochina; Malaysia through Philippines, Indonesia, and New Guinea to Micronesia, New Zealand, and Polynesia, including Hawaii and Easter Island. Not on mainland Australia. COMMENT: Includes concolor (see Ellerman and Morrison-Scott, 1951:590), basilanus, calcis, leucophaetus, luteiventris, mayonicus, negrinus, ornatulus, pantarensis, querceti, vigoratus, vulcani (see Musser, 1977, Am. Mus. Novit., 2624:12), micronesiensis (see Schwarz and Schwarz, 1967, Ann. Esc. Nac. Cienc. Biol. Mex., 14: 146), and bocourti (see Musser, 1970, Mammalia, 55:489). Human introduction responsible for most of the Pacific insular occurrences (ACZ). ISIS NUMBER: 5301410011058041001 as R. exulans. 5301410011058014001 as R. basilanus. 5301410011058020001 as R. calcis. 5301410011058057001 as R. leucophaetus. 5301410011058061001 as R. luteiventris. 5301410011058069001 as R. mayonicus. 5301410011058070001 as R. micronesiensis. 5301410011058078001 as R. negrinus. 5301410011058085001 as R. ornatulus. 5301410011058087001 as R. pantarensis. 5301410011058091001 as R. querceti. 5301410011058112001 as R. vigoratus. 5301410011058113001 as R. vulcani. Published as part of James H. Honacki, Kenneth E. Kinman & James W. Koeppl, 1982, Order Rodentia (Part 5), pp. 504-560 in Mammal Species of the World (1 st Edition), Lawrence, Kansas, USA :Alien Press, Inc. & The Association of Systematics Collections on page 549, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7353037