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    Species Accepted

    Rattus tanezumi (Temminck, 1845)

    Asian House Rat
    EukaryotaAnimalia...Rattus
    IUCNLeast Concern

    Classification and descendants

    Source: Catalogue of Life

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      Synonyms and combinations

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      Recorded as introduced in 4 countries or islands

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      Introduced inAccording toInvasiveOccurrences in GBIF
      LesothoNo
      PhilippinesNo
      EswatiniNo
      South AfricaNo
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      Vernacular names

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      22 results
      Asian House Rat English
      Asiatische Hausratte German
      Aziatische Zwarte Rat Dutch
      Oriental House Rat English
      Oriental Rat English
      Oriental Roof Rat English
      Rat tanezumi French
      Rata de Asia Oriental Spanish
      Ratto delle case orientale Italian
      Tanezumi Rat English

      Treatments

      Source: Catalogue of Life
      6 results
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      Bibliography

      Source: Catalogue of Life

      14 results
      In Siebold, Temminck, and Schlegel, Fauna Japonica, Arnz et Socii, Lugduni Batavorum p.51 Published in
      Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds. (1993). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd Ed., 3rd Printing.
      Miller, Gerrit S. Jr., and N. Hollister. (1921). Descriptions of sixteen new Murine rodents from Celebes. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, Vol. 34.
      Siebold, P. F. B., Temminck, C. J. & Schlegel, H. (1844) Fauna Japonica, Arnz et Socii. Lugduni Batavorum, Leiden, 329 pp.
      Sherborn, C. Davies, and F. A. Jentink. (1895). On the Dates of the Parts of Siebold’s ‘Fauna Japonica’ and Giebel’s ‘Allgemeine Zoologie’ (first edition). Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1895, Part 1.
      Won, P. H. (1958) A hand list of Korean mammals. Bulletin of Kyung-Hee University, 1, 427 - 460.
      Suomen Lajitietokeskus. https://laji.fi
      Kishida, K. & Mori, T. (1931) On the distribution of terrestrial mammals of Korea. Zoological Magazine, 43, 372 - 391. [in Japanese]
      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.
      Ellerman, J. R. & Morrison-Scott, T. C. S. (1951) Checklist of Palaearctic and Indian Mammals 1758 to 1946. British Museum (Natural History), London, 810 pp.

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