Biology:Tanezumi rat
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Short description: Species of rodent
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Muridae |
| Genus: | Rattus |
| Species: | R. 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 closely related to the black rat (Rattus rattus). It is widespread in eastern, southern and south-eastern Asia, being found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China , Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Fiji, India , Indonesia, Japan , North Korea, South Korea , Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, the Philippines , Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam.
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References
- ↑ Heaney, L.; Molur, S. (2016). "Rattus tanezumi". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (IUCN) 2016: e.T19366A115149780. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T19366A22445589.en. http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/19366/0. Retrieved 14 December 2017.
- Musser, G.G.; Carleton, M.D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". in Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 894–1531. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494. http://www.departments.bucknell.edu/biology/resources/msw3/browse.asp?id=.
Wikidata ☰ Q1762736 entry
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