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Taxonomy
Rattus was named by Fischer (1803). It is extant. Its type is Mus decumanus.
It was assigned to Murinae by Ruedas and Kirsch (1997); and to Muridae by Worthy (1997), McKenna and Bell (1997) and Burney et al. (2008).
It was assigned to Murinae by Ruedas and Kirsch (1997); and to Muridae by Worthy (1997), McKenna and Bell (1997) and Burney et al. (2008).
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1803 | Rattus Fischer p. 128 |
| 1881 | Epimys Trouessart |
| 1997 | Rattus McKenna and Bell |
| 1997 | Rattus Ruedas and Kirsch |
| 1997 | Rattus Worthy p. 112 |
| 2008 | Rattus Burney et al. p. 19 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
G. Rattus Fischer 1803 [rat]
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Rattus exulans Peale 1848
Rattus flavipectus Milne-Edwards 1871
Rattus norvegicus Berkenhout 1769 [brown rat]
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Invalid names: Rattus decumanus Pallas 1778 [synonym]
Rattus rattus Linnaeus 1758 [black rat]
Rattus rattus sladeni Anderson 1879
Rattus sabanus Thomas 1887
Rattus sabanus heptneri Dao 1961
Invalid names: Epimys Trouessart 1881 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available