Șobolanul este oricare dintre cele 64 de specii de rozătoare mici, omnivore, aparținând genului Rattus din familia Muridae, subfamilia Murinae.
Taxonomia genului Rattus
Genul Rattus este parte a subfamiliei gigante Murinae. În această subfamilie există alte câteva genuri, care sunt uneori considerate ca făcând parte din genul Rattus. Acestea sunt: Lenothrix, Anonymomys, Sundamys, Kadarsanomys, Diplothrix, Margaretamys, Lenomys, Komodomys, Palawanomys, Bunomys, Nesoromys, Stenomys, Taeromys, Paruromys, Abditomys, Tryphomys, Limnomys, Tarsomys, Bullimus, Apomys, Millardia, Srilankamys, Niviventer, Maxomys, Leopoldamys, Berylmys, Mastomys, Myomys, Praomys, Hylomyscus, Heimyscus, Stochomys, Dephomys și Aethomys.
Genul Rattus conține 64 de specii. S-a propus o nouă împărțire a speciilor din acest gen, dar aceasta nu cuprinde toate speciile incluse. Aceste grupuri sunt: grupul R. rattus grupul R. rattus norvegicus grupul R. rattus fuscipes - nativi din Australia grupul R. rattus leucopus - nativi din Noua Guinee grupul R. rattus xanthurus - nativi din Sulawesi grupul R. rattus exulans Incertae sedis
Specii Genul Rattus cuprinde următoarele specii:
Rattus adustus Sody, 1940 Rattus annandalei (Bonhote, 1903) Rattus argentiventer (Robinson y Kloss, 1916) Rattus baluensis (Thomas, 1894) Rattus bontanus (Thomas, 1921) Rattus burrus (Miller, 1902) Rattus colletti (Thomas, 1904) Rattus elaphinus (Sody, 1941) Rattus enganus (Miller, 1906) Rattus everetti (Guenther, 1879) Rattus exulans (Peale, 1848) Rattus feliceus (Thomas, 1920) Rattus foramineus Sody, 1941 Rattus fuscipes (Waterhouse, 1839) Rattus giluwensis (Hill, 1960) Rattus hainaldi (Kitchener, How y Maharadatunkamsi, 1991) Rattus hoffmanni (Matschie, 1901) Rattus hoogerwerfi Chasen, 1939 Rattus jobiensis Ruemmler, 1935 Rattus koopmani Musser y Holden, 1991 Rattus korinchi (Robinson y Kloss, 1916) Rattus leucopus (Gray, 1867) Rattus losea (Swinhoe, 1871) Rattus lugens (Miller, 1903) Rattus lutreolus (J. E. Gray, 1841) Rattus macleari (Thomas, 1887) Rattus marmosurus Thomas, 1921 Rattus mindorensis (Thomas, 1898) Rattus mollicomulus Tate y Archbold, 1935 Rattus montanus Phillips, 1932 Rattus mordax (Thomas, 1904) Rattus morotaiensis Kellogg, 1945 Rattus nativitatis (Thomas, 1889) Rattus nitidus (Hodgson, 1845) Rattus norvegicus (Berkenhout, 1769) Rattus novaeguineae Taylor y Calaby, 1982 Rattus osgoodi Musser y Newcomb, 1985 Rattus palmarum (Zelebor, 1869) Rattus pelurus Sody, 1941 Rattus praetor (Thomas, 1888) Rattus ranjiniae Agrawal y Ghosal, 1969 Rattus rattus (Linnaeus, 1758) Rattus sanila Flannery y White, 1991 Rattus sikkimensis Hinton, 1919 Rattus simalurensis (Miller, 1903) Rattus sordidus (Gould, 1858) Rattus steini Ruemmler, 1935 Rattus stoicus (Miller, 1902) Rattus tanezumi Temminck, 1844 Rattus tawitawiensis Musser y Heaney, 1985 Rattus timorensis Kitchener, Aplin y Boeadi, 1991 Rattus tiomanicus (Miller, 1900) Rattus tunneyi (Thomas, 1904) Rattus turkestanicus (Satunin, 1903) Rattus villosissimus (Waite, 1898) Rattus xanthurus (Gray, 1867)
Note
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Matthews, I. (1898). Full Revelations of a Professional Rat-Catcher, after 25 Years’ Experience. 1st ed. Manchester: Friendly Societies Printing Co. ISBN 1-905124-64-3. Musser, G. G. and M. D. Carleton. 1993. "Family Muridae" in D. E. Wilson and D. M. Reeder eds. "Mammal Species of the World a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference", Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, D.C. pp. 501–755. Nowak, R. M. (1999) Walker's Mammals of the World Vol. 2. Johns Hopkins University Press, London. Sullivan, Robert (2004). Rats: A Year with New York's Most Unwanted Inhabitants. Granta Books, London. Sullivan, Robert (2005). Rats: Observations on the History and Habitat of the City's Most Unwanted Inhabitants. Bloomsbury USA. ISBN 1-58234-477-9.
Legături externe
Biologia și comportamentul șobolanilor Bază de date a genomului șobolanilor High-Resolution Images of the Rat Brain National Bio Resource Project for the Rat in Japan Rattus (como Epimys) în "Fauna ibérica; mamíferos". Ángel Cabrera Latorre. 1914.
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