Common Names
Common Names in English:
Hole Rat
Description
Habitat
Biome: Terrestrial
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- Auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
()
- Goodrich, 1930
- Class:
Mammalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- Mammals
- Subclass:
Theriiformes
()
- (Rowe, 1988) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Infraclass:
Holotheria
()
- (Wible Et Al., 1995) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Superlegion:
Trechnotheria
()
- Mckenna, 1975
- Legion:
Cladotheria
()
- Mckenna, 1975
- Sublegion:
Zatheria
()
- Mckenna, 1975
- Infralegion:
Tribosphenida
()
- (Mckenna, 1975) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Supercohort:
Theria
()
- (Parker & Haswell, 1897) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Cohort:
Placentalia
()
- (Owen, 1837) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Magnorder:
Epitheria
()
- (Mckenna, 1975) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Superorder:
Preptotheria
()
- (Mckenna, 1975) Mckenna, in Stucky & Mckenna, in Benton, Ed., 1993
- Grandorder:
Anagalida
()
- (Szalay & Mckenna, 1971) Mckenna, 1975
- Mirorder:
Simplicidentata
()
- (Weber, 1904) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Mirorder:
Simplicidentata
(
- Grandorder:
Anagalida
(
- Superorder:
Preptotheria
(
- Magnorder:
Epitheria
(
- Cohort:
Placentalia
(
- Supercohort:
Theria
(
- Infralegion:
Tribosphenida
(
- Sublegion:
Zatheria
(
- Legion:
Cladotheria
(
- Superlegion:
Trechnotheria
(
- Infraclass:
Holotheria
(
- Subclass:
Theriiformes
(
- Class:
Mammalia
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: 05-Feb-2001
Similar Species
Members of the genus Rattus
There are approximately 148 species in this genus. Here are just 100 of them:
R. adustus (Sunburned Rat) · R. annandalei (Annandale's Rat) · R. argentiventer (Rice-Field Rat) · R. argentiventer argentiventer · R. baluensis (Summit Rat) · R. blanfordi · R. bontanus (Bonthain Rat) · R. bowersi · R. burrus (Nonsense Rat) · R. canus · R. colletti (Dusky Rat) · R. coucha · R. coucha silaceus · R. coxinga · R. doboensis · R. edwardsi · R. elaphinus (Sula Rat) · R. enganus (Enggano Rat) · R. everetti (Philippine Forest Rat) · R. exulans (Polynesian Rat) · R. exulans aitape · R. exulans concolor · R. exulans hawaiiensis · R. feliceus (Spiny Ceram Rat) · R. flavipectus · R. foramineus (Hole Rat) · R. fuscipes (Bush Rat) · R. fuscipes assimilis · R. fuscipes coracius · R. fuscipes fuscipes · R. fuscipes greyi · R. fuscipes greyii · R. giluwensis (Giluwe Rat) · R. hainaldi (Hainald's Rat) · R. hawaiiensis · R. hoffmanni (Hoffmann's Rat) · R. hoogerwerfi (Hoogerwerf's Rat) · R. hoxaensis · R. jobiensis (Japen Rat) · R. koopmani (Koopman's Rat) · R. koratensis · R. korinchi (Korinch's Rat) · R. legata · R. leucopus (Cape York Rat) · R. leucopus cooktownensis · R. leucopus leucopus · R. losea (Lesser Rice-Field Rat) · R. losea losea · R. lugens (Mentawai Rat) · R. lutreolus (Australian Swamp Rat) · R. lutreolus cambricus · R. lutreolus lacus · R. lutreolus lutreolus · R. lutreolus velutinus · R. macleari (Christmas Island Rat) · R. marmosurus (Opossum Rat) · R. meltada · R. mindorensis (Mindoro Black Rat) · R. mollicomulus (Little Soft-Furred Rat) · R. montanus (Nillu Rat) · R. mordax (Eastern Rat) · R. morotaiensis (Molaccan Prehensile-Tailed Rat) · R. muelleri · R. murrayi · R. namaquensis · R. natalensis · R. nativitatis (Bulldog Rat) · R. niobe · R. nitidis · R. nitidus (Himalayan Field Rat) · R. norvegicus (Brown Rat) · R. norvegicus albinicus (Norway Rat) · R. norvegicus albino · R. norvegicus caraco · R. norvegicus domestica · R. norvegicus norvegicus (Norway Rat) · R. norvegicus socer · R. norvegicus var. albus (Norway Rat) · R. norvergicus · R. norvergicus albinus · R. novaeguineae (New Guinean Rat) · R. osgoodi (Osgood's Rat) · R. owiensis · R. palmarum (Palm Rat) · R. pelurus (Peleng Rat) · R. praetor (Spiny Rat) · R. ranjiniae (Kerala Rat) · R. rattoides · R. rattus (Black Rat) · R. rattus alexadrinus · R. rattus alexandrinus (Black Rat) · R. rattus arboreus · R. rattus argentiventer · R. rattus brunneus · R. rattus brunneusculus · R. rattus diardi · R. rattus diardii · R. rattus flavipectus · R. rattus frugivorous · R. rattus frugivorus
Bibliography
- Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds. 1993. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing. Smithsonian Institution Press. Washington, DC, USA. xviii + 1207. ISBN: 1-56098-217-9.
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Notes
Contributors
- Baillie, J. 1996. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 19, 2008.
- Baillie, J. 1996. Rattus foramineus. In: IUCN 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. www.iucnredlist.org . Downloaded on 20 October 2006.
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-2006. Systema Naturae 2000. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Accessed October 4, 2006.
- Universal Biological Indexer and Organizer. uBio.org accessed July 17, 2008.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2481321
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-585521
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 357589
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 585521
- IUCN ID: 19332
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 10502
