Animalia > Chordata > Mammalia > Rodentia > Muridae > Rattus > Rattus tanezumiRattus tanezumi (Tanezumi rat)Synonyms: Epimys benguetensis; Epimys coloratus; Epimys rattus dentatus; Epimys rattus exsul; Epimys rattus fortunatus; Epimys rattus insulanus; Epimys rattus makensis; Epimys rattus poenitentiarii; Epimys rattus portus; Epimys rattus rangensis; Epimys rattus turbidus; Epimys robiginosus; Mus brunneus; Mus brunneusculus; Mus canna; Mus diardii; Mus flavipectus; Mus kelleri; Mus mindanensis; Mus neglectus; Mus nemoralis (heterotypic); Mus ouangthomae (heterotypic); Mus pannosus; Mus pulliventer; Mus robustulus; Mus sladeni; Mus tanezumi; Mus yunnanensis; Mus zamboangae; Rattus dammermani; Rattus flavipectus; Rattus germaini; Rattus lalolis; Rattus macmillani; Rattus masaretes; Rattus mindanensis tablasi; Rattus molliculus; Rattus palelae; Rattus rattus alangensis; Rattus rattus amboinensis; Rattus rattus argyraceus; Rattus rattus auroreus; Rattus rattus barussanoides; Rattus rattus bhotia; Rattus rattus bullocki; Rattus rattus gangutrianus; Rattus rattus kadanus; Rattus rattus khyensis; Rattus rattus kramensis; Rattus rattus lanensis; Rattus rattus lontaris; Rattus rattus makassarius; Rattus rattus mesanis; Rattus rattus moheius; Rattus rattus moluccarius; Rattus rattus obiensis; Rattus rattus palembang; Rattus rattus panjius; Rattus rattus pelengensis; Rattus rattus pipidonis; Rattus rattus robinsoni; Rattus rattus samati; Rattus rattus santalum; Rattus rattus septicus; Rattus rattus sladeni; Rattus rattus sumbae; Rattus rattus talaudensis; Rattus rattus tatkonensis; Rattus rattus thai; Rattus rattus tikos; Rattus rattus tistae; Rattus rattus yeni; Rattus sapoensis; Rattus toxi 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 closely related to the black rat (Rattus rattus). 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. |
Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) Unique (100) Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) Unique & Vulnerable (100) ED Score: 2.49 EDGE Score: 1.25 |
| Adult Weight [1] | 87 grams | | Birth Weight [2] | 5 grams |  | | Diet [3] | Carnivore (Invertebrates), Frugivore, Granivore, Herbivore | | Diet - Fruit [3] | 20 % | | Diet - Invertibrates [3] | 30 % | | Diet - Plants [3] | 10 % | | Diet - Seeds [3] | 40 % | | Forages - Ground [3] | 100 % | | | Female Maturity [2] | 3 months 13 days | | Male Maturity [2] | 3 months 22 days | | | Gestation [2] | 22 days | | Litter Size [2] | 6 | | Litters / Year [2] | 4 | | Maximum Longevity [2] | 4 years | | Nocturnal [3] | Yes | | Snout to Vent Length [2] | 8 inches (20 cm) |
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Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1Felisa A. Smith, S. Kathleen Lyons, S. K. Morgan Ernest, Kate E. Jones, Dawn M. Kaufman, Tamar Dayan, Pablo A. Marquet, James H. Brown, and John P. Haskell. 2003. Body mass of late Quaternary mammals. Ecology 84:3403 ♦ 2Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109 ♦ 3Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027 ♦ 4Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London |
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0
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