Rattini
Sign in to saveAlso known as Rattin, Rattins
Rattini is a very large, diverse tribe of muroid rodents in the subfamily Murinae. They are found throughout Asia and Australasia, with a few species ranging into Europe and northern Africa. The most well-known members of this group are the true rats (genus Rattus), several species of which have been introduced worldwide.
~11 min read
Encyclopedic overview
4 sectionsContents
- Taxonomy
- Distribution
- Species
- References
Rattini is a very large, diverse tribe of muroid rodents in the subfamily Murinae. They are found throughout Asia and Australasia, with a few species ranging into Europe and northern Africa. The most well-known members of this group are the true rats (genus Rattus), several species of which have been introduced worldwide.
== Taxonomy == They are thought to be the second-most basal member of the Murinae despite their high modern diversity, with only the Phloeomyini being more basal than them.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Rattini” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.