Rattus turkestanicus
(Satunin, 1903)
Turkistan Rat
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
Authority citation
Satunin, K.A. 1903. Neue Nagetiere aus Centralasien. Annuaire du Musée Zoologique de l'Académie Imperiale des Sciences de St.-Pétersbourg 7:547-589.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8666906Original name as described
Mus turkestanicus
Type material
ZIN S. 7307
Type kind
holotype
Type locality
Assam-bob, Ferghana, Russian Turkestan (= Uzbekistan).
Biogeographic realm
Palearctic
Country distribution
Uzbekistan · Kazakhstan · Kyrgyzstan · Tajikistan · Afghanistan
Taxonomy notes
recently split from R. pyctoris; populations of R. pyctoris in Iran and most of Afghanistan may also represent this species but remain to be tested
Taxonomy notes citation
Lissovsky, A. A., Liu, N., Obolenskaya, E. V., Ivanova, E. A., & Ge, D. Y. (2025). The New Old Rat (Rattus, Mammalia) From Turkestan: Revisiting From a Genomics Perspective. Zoologica Scripta.
IUCN Red List status
Not Evaluated
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