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Rattus Fischer, 1803

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
GENUS
Published in
Natl. Mus. Nat. Paris vol.2 p.128

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
class
Mammalia
order
Rodentia
family
Muridae
genus
Rattus

Name

Synonyms
Acanthomys Gray, 1867
Christomys Sody, 1941
Cironomys Sody, 1941
Epimys Trouessart, 1881
Geromys Sody, 1941
Mollicomys Sody, 1941
Octomys Sody, 1941
Pullomys Sody, 1941
Rattus Frisch, 1775
Rattus Gray, 1821
Stenomys Thomas, 1910
Togomys Dieterlen, 1989
Homonyms
Rattus Fischer, 1803
Rattus Frisch, 1775
Rattus Gray, 1821
Common names
Llygod Mawr in Welsh
Llygoden Fawr in Welsh
Old World Rats in English
Old World Rats in English
Old World Rats in English
Old World Rats in English
Old World Rats in English
Rat in English
Rat in English
Rat in English
Rat spp. in English
Rats in English
Rats in English
rat in English
rats in English
rats in English
rotat in Finnish
rotat in Finnish
Rat Spp. in English
Rat Spp. in English
Rat spp. in English
Llygod Mawr in Welsh
Llygoden Fawr in Welsh
Rat in English

Bibliographic References

  1. Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, and A. L. Gardner, 1987: Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada. Resource Publication, no. 166. 79.
  2. Fischer (1803) Das Nationalmuseum der Naturgeschichte zu Paris, zweiter Band
  3. Hall, E. Raymond, 1981: null. The Mammals of North America, 2nd ed., vol. 2. 601-1175.
  4. Hall, R. (2004) Däggdjur
  5. Musser, Guy G., and Michael D. Carleton / Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds., 2005: Superfamily Muroidea. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vol. 2. 894-1531.
  6. Natl. Mus. Nat. Paris vol. 2 p. 128
  7. SN2000/McKenna & Bell, 1997
  8. SN2000/McKenna & Bell, 1997, PaleoDB
  9. Wikispecies (2026) Wikispecies
  10. Wikispecies (2026) Wikispecies
  11. Wilson & Reeder (2005) Mammal Species of the World. A taxonomic and geographic reference
  12. Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. (editors). (2005). Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd Ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore. 2,142 pp.
  13. Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. (editors). (2005). Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd Ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore. 2,142 pp.
  14. Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. (editors). (2005). Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd Ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore. 2,142 pp.
  15. Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. (editors). (2005). Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd Ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore. 2,142 pp.
  16. Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds., 1992: null. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing. xviii + 1207.
  17. as per family
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