Species Rattus norvegicus (Berkenhout, 1769)

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Species Rattus norvegicus (Berkenhout, 1769)

Brown Rat

Mus norvegicus Berkenhout, J. 1769. Outlines of the Natural History of Great Britain and Ireland. Containing a systematic arrangement and concise description of all the animals, vegetables, and fossils which have hitherto been discovered in these kingdoms. Comprehending the Animal Kingdom. London : P. Elmsly 1 xiii 233 pp. [5].
Type data:
Syntype(s) whereabouts unknown, Great Britain and Ireland; type locality identified by Hinton (1916: 606), as 'Britain'; by Miller & Kellogg (1955: 620), as 'England'.
Type locality references:
Hinton, M.A.C. (as Barrett-Hamilton, G.E.H. & Hinton, M.A.C.) 1916. A History of British Mammals. London : Gurney & Jackson Vol. 19 601-648 pp. 33-34 pls.; Miller, G.S. & Kellogg, R. 1955. List of North American Recent Mammals. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 205: i-xii 1-954.
Mus decumanus Pallas, P.S. 1779. Novae Species Quadrupedum e Glirium Ordine cum illustrationibus variis complurium ex hoc ordine animalium. Fasc. 2. Erlangae : Wolfgangi Waltheri 71-388 pls 5-27. [publication date established from Sherborn, C.D. 1891. Dates of the Parts of P.S. Pallas's 'Icones Insect. p. Ross. Sibir.' and 'Nov. spec. Quadr, Glirium.'. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 6 7: 236] [91].
Type data:
Syntype(s) whereabouts unknown, the region extending NW from India to maritime Europe; Hinton (1916: 606) identified the type locality as 'Europe'.
Type locality references:
Hinton, M.A.C. (as Barrett-Hamilton, G.E.H. & Hinton, M.A.C.) 1916. A History of British Mammals. London : Gurney & Jackson Vol. 19 601-648 pp. 33-34 pls.
Mus tamarensis Higgins, E.T. & Petterd, W.F. 1884. New species of Tasmanian Antechini and Mus. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1883: 184-186 [publication date established from Anon. 1953. Annual Report, 1952. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 87: ii–viii [vi]] [185].
Type data:
Holotype whereabouts unknown ♀ (not preserved, see Lord, C.E. 1918. Notes on the mammals of Tasmania. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1918: 16–52 [25–26] and Lord, C.E. & Scott, H.H. 1924. A Synopsis of the Vertebrate Animals of Tasmania. Hobart : Oldham, Beddome & Meredith 340 pp. 41 pls [300]), ?Tamer River, TAS (as streams of Northern Tasmania).

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

Mahoney, J.A. in Walton, D.W. (ed.) 1988. Zoological Catalogue of Australia Volume 5. Mammalia. Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service x 274 pp. [Date published 13/Apr/1988] [185]

Generic Combinations

Rattus norvegicus (Berkenhout, 1769).

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Cosmopolitan.

Introduced from Europe.

IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IBRA

NSW, NT, Qld, SA, Tas, Vic, WA: Australian Alps (AA), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Ben Lomond (BEL), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders (FLI), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), King (KIN), MacDonnell Ranges (MAC), NSW North Coast (NNC), Riverina (RIV), Sydney Basin (SB), South East Coastal Plain (SCP), South East Corner (SEC), South Eastern Highlands (SEH), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Tasmanian Central Highlands (TCH), Tasmanian Northern Midlands (TNM), Tasmanian Northern Slopes (TNS), Tasmanian South East (TSE), Tasmanian Southern Ranges (TSR), Victorian Midlands (VM), Victorian Volcanic Plain (VVP), Warren (WAR)