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| familia = [[Muridae]] |
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| genus = ''[[Rattus]]'' |
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| species_group = ''[[Rattus rattus |
| species_group = ''[[Rattus rattus|R. rattus]]'' |
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| species = ''R. tanezumi'' |
| species = ''R. tanezumi'' |
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| binomial = ''Rattus tanezumi'' |
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| Rattus tanezumi Temminck, 1844
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The Tanezumi Rat (Rattus tanezumi), also known as the Asian Rat or Asian House Rat, is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is widespread in eastern, southern and south-eastern Asia, being found in Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Fiji, India, Indonesia, Japan, North Korea, South Korea, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, the Philippines, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam.
References
- Baillie, J. 1996. Rattus tanezumi. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 20 July 2007.
- Musser, G. G. and M. D. Carleton. 2005. Superfamily Muroidea. pp. 894–1531 in Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore.
