Rattus exulans

(T. R. Peale, 1849)

Pacific Rat

Side view. Also as Polynesian Rat.
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Location:UK, England, Surrey, Tolworth Laboratory StudioDate taken:Jan 1, 1974Description : Side view. Also as Polynesian Rat.

Distribution :

E Bangladesh, C and S Burma, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, C and S Vietnam, Yongxing Isl in the Xisha Arch (in South China Sea southeast of Hainan Isl between 16E and 18EN), E Taiwan and Miyakojima Isl in S Ryukyus, Sundaic region (incl. Mentawai Isls, and islands of Enggano, Nias, and Simeulule), Christmas Isl, Sulawesi, Philippines, Moluccas, and Nusa Tenggara (Lesser Sunda Isls); New Guinea Region, SW Pacific Isls Adele and Murray Isls off the coast of NW and NE Australia (not recorded from mainland), Micronesia, New Zealand, Polynesia (including Caroline Isls), Hawaiian Isls, and Easter Isl. Not documented from Andaman or Nicobar Isls.

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 761

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Euarchontoglires
Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Supramyomorpha
Infraorder : Myomorphi
Superfamily : Muroidea
Family : Muridae
Subfamily : Murinae
Tribe : Rattini
Genus : Rattus

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Peale, T.R. 1849-06-05. United States Exploring Expedition. During the years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842. Under the Command of Charles Wilkes, U. S. N. Vol. VIII. Mammalia and Ornithology. C. Sherman, Philadelphia, 338 pp.

Authority publication link

https://books.google.com/books?id=VZSUUF_4nKIC

Original name as described

Mus exulans

Other common names

Polynesian Rat

Type material

USNM:MAMM:3730

Type kind

lectotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/329192d81-a65b-47bf-a763-656268524f97

Type locality

Tahiti Island (France), Society Islands.

Biogeographic realm

Australasia · Indomalaya

Country distribution

Bangladesh · Myanmar · Laos · Vietnam · Taiwan · Thailand · Cambodia · Malaysia · Indonesia · Brunei · Singapore

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003623

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details.

Total: 103 names and synonyms.

Mus exulans

(T. R. Peale, 1849)

Family

Muridae

Root name

exulans

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:3730

Type kind

lectotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/329192d81-a65b-47bf-a763-656268524f97

Authority page

47

Authority publication

Philadelphia

Name usages

  1. Thomas (1880:11, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28522103) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68531)
  2. Trouessart (1897:478, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53435022) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59285)
  3. Trouessart (1904:372, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423253) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
  4. Jackson & Groves (2015:213) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34474)

Mus vitiensis

(T. R. Peale, 1849)

Family

Muridae

Root name

vitiensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:3731

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/341489c99-24a3-4d9a-b766-b421fc851bdb

Authority page

49

Authority publication

Philadelphia

Name usages

Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Mus concolor

(E. Blyth, 1859)

Family

Muridae

Root name

concolor

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZSI 6397 (= ZSI 10081)

Type kind

lectotype

Authority page

295

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40263547

Authority publication

Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal

Name usages

  1. Blyth (1863:116, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/47534797) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37155)
  2. Murray (1866:359, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15580355) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/39798)
  3. Blyth (1875:40, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38675044) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68967)
  4. Trouessart (1897:479, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53435023) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59285)
  5. Bonhote (1901:879, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35995209) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67682)
  6. Trouessart (1904:381, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423262) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
  7. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Mus Bocourti

(A. Milne-Edwards, 1872)

Family

Muridae

Root name

bocourti

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN-ZM-MO-1862-1247 (= MNHN:type:344) (= MNHN "1050")

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

291 (footnote)

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39524367

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

  1. Trouessart (1897:475, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53435019) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59285)
  2. Trouessart (1904:365, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423246) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
  3. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Mus browni

(Alston, 1877)

Family

Muridae

Root name

browni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1877.7.18.26

Type kind

lectotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/4055847d-a6bc-4ff0-900b-913fbc33d9a3

Authority page

123

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28510695

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

  1. Trouessart (1897:473, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53435017) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59285)
  2. Trouessart (1904:372, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423253) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
  3. Laurie & Hill (1954:105, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49635699) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/31868)
  4. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Mus(?) echimyoides

(Ramsay, 1877)

Family

Muridae

Root name

echimyoides

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AM M.2364, AM M.2365

Type kind

syntypes

Authority page

15

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3341649

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales

Name usages

  1. Laurie & Hill (1954:105, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49635699) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/31868)
  2. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Mus maorium

(Hutton, 1879)

Family

Muridae

Root name

maorium

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

344

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33352399

Authority publication

Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute

Name usages

Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Mus ephippium

(Jentink, 1880)

Family

Muridae

Root name

ephippium

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

RMNH.MAM.18345

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.18345.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.18345.b

Authority page

15

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9629221

Authority publication

Notes from the Leyden Museum

Name usages

  1. Thomas (1895:163, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25122643) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15166)
  2. Trouessart (1897:479, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53435023) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59285)
  3. Thomas (1898:403, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35427524) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14017)
  4. Matschie (1901:283, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25232518) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38888)
  5. Trouessart (1904:371, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423252) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
  6. Lyon (1908:644, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/62629811) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/17209)
  7. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Mus jessook

(Jentink, 1880)

Family

Muridae

Root name

jessook

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

RMNH.MAM.19202

Type kind

lectotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.19202.a https://data.biodiversitydata.nl/naturalis/specimen/RMNH.MAM.19202.b

Authority page

15

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9629221

Authority publication

Notes from the Leyden Museum

Name usages

  1. Trouessart (1897:478, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53435022) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59285)
  2. Trouessart (1904:372, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423253) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
  3. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

Mus huegeli

(O. Thomas, 1880)

Family

Muridae

Root name

huegeli

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1879.4.8.5

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/fc770914-44a1-4665-a5cb-064e872d1cd2

Authority page

13

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28522107

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London

Name usages

  1. Thomas (1880:13, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28522107) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68531)
  2. Trouessart (1897:478, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53435022) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59285)
  3. Trouessart (1904:372, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423253) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59289)
  4. Musser & Carleton (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8562)

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