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Rattus

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Also known as rat genus

thumb|Two Rats by Vincent van Gogh (1884)

OverviewAI-generated

Rattus is a genus within the family Muridae, classified under the order Rodentia, class Mammalia, phylum Chordata, and kingdom Animalia. The taxon was described by Fischer in 1803. Common names for organisms in this group include rat, podgana, and rata.

Records of Rattus specimens have been documented in Indonesia, China, Burma, and Tanzania, with institutions such as the AMNH holding these materials. The genus has an accepted status in taxonomic databases. It is referenced by 647 other encyclopedia articles and appears in sources including the Explanatory Dictionary of the Living Great Russian Language, the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, the Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, and the Pauly–Wissowa.

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Species

Brown Rat

Rattus

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumChordata
  3. ClassMammalia
  4. OrderRodentia
  5. FamilyMuridae
Observations34,299
Observations recorded695,750

本条目介绍的是大鼠属(Rattus)。關於大鼠和家鼠的其他意義,詳見「大鼠」及「家鼠」。关于动物实验用大鼠,詳見实验大鼠。 大鼠屬(学名:Rattus)又名家鼠属、大家鼠属、狭鼠属等等,是一個包括多種中型、長尾齧齒類物種,为鼠總科鼠科鼠亞科之下的一個屬。 在人類生活環境中最常見的是黑鼠(R. rattus)與褐鼠(R. norvegicus)。在日常生活中,屬於其他齧齒類科與屬的物種亦有時被當作是大鼠,而這些物種跟大鼠屬物種亦有多種特徵相似。 目录 1 物種 2 參看 3 參考文獻 4 延伸閱讀 5 外部連結 物種 当前條目的内容正在依照其他语言维基百科的内容进行翻译。(2018年8月6日)如果您熟知條目内容并擅长翻译,欢迎协助改善或校对此條目,长期闲置的非中文内容可能会被移除。 本屬包括下列各物種: 黄胸鼠 Rattus flavipectus (Milne-Edwards, 1871) 地位未定 incertae sedis Annandale's rat (Rattus annandalei) – Indonesia, Malaysia, and Singapore Enggano rat (Rattus enganus) – Indonesia Philippine forest rat (Rattus everetti) – the Philippines 波利尼西亚鼠(Rattus exulans):生活於菲濟及大多數波利尼西亞島嶼、紐西蘭、復活節島及夏威夷。 Hainald's rat (Rattus hainaldi) – Indonesia Hoogerwerf's rat (Rattus hoogerwerfi) – Indonesia Korinch's rat (Rattus korinchi) – Indonesia †麥克禮鼠(Rattus macleari):聖誕島 Nillu rat (Rattus montanus) – Sri Lanka Molaccan prehensile-tailed rat (Rattus morotaiensis) – Indonesia †牛犬鼠(Rattus nativitatis):聖誕島 Kerala rat (Rattus ranjiniae) – India New Ireland forest rat (Rattus sanila) Andaman rat (Rattus stoicus) – Andaman Islands Timor rat (Rattus timorensis) – Timor R. norvegicus group 大足鼠(Rattus nitidus):孟加拉、不丹、中國、印度、印尼、寮國、緬甸、尼泊爾、帛琉、菲律賓、泰國及越南 褐鼠(Rattus nor

via GBIF

Museum specimens

Specimen records
12,057
With media
42
Family
Muridae
Collections
AMNH
Recorded in
Indonesia, China, Burma, Tanzania

Research

1,869,142 papers

via PubMed

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Encyclopedic overview

7 sections
Contents
  • Species and description
  • Taxonomy of ''Rattus''
  • Species
  • Phylogeny
  • Evolution
  • Fossil species
  • References

thumb|Two Rats by Vincent van Gogh (1884)

Rattus is a genus of muroid rodents, all typically called rats. However, the term rat can also be applied to rodent species outside of this genus.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Rattus” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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