Rattus norvegicus
Description
Rattus norvegicus (Berkenhout, 1769) —Brown Rat, common rat, Norway rat
Mus norvegicus Berkenhout, 1769 p.5; Type locality- United Kingdom.
M. caraco Pallas, 1778 p.91; Type locality- China and far eastern Siberia.
Epimys norvegicus caraco: Sowerby, 1923 p.154.
Rattus norvegicus caraco: Vinogradov & Obolensky, 1927 p.237; Won, 1958 p.449; Jones & Johnson, 1965 p.389; Won, 1967 p.248.
R. norvegicus: Kishida & Mori, 1931 p.378; Won, 1958 p.448; Won, 1967 p.239; Won, 1968 p.172; Yoon, 1992 p.85; Han, 1994 p.47; Won & Smith, 1999 p.27; Han, 2004c p.118.
R. norvegicus norvegicus: Kuroda, 1938 p.69; Won, 1968 p.173.
Range: The brown rat is commensal everywhere people live on the Korean Peninsula and associated islands (Fig. 124).
Remarks: Corbet (1978) noted that the common rat, Rattus norvegicus, had an extensive distribution in the world and recognized two subspecies (R. norvegicus norvegicus in the western Palearctic and R. norvegicus caraco in eastern Asia). Won (1967) reported two subspecies of R. norvegicus in Korea (R. n. norvegicus in most of the peninsula and R. n. caraco in the extreme northern part). Nevertheless, Jones and Johnson (1965) suggested that only one subspecies; R. n. caraco, inhabited the entire peninsula. Kral (1971) reported that the two subspecies of common rats (R. n. norvegicus; R. n. caraco) in Russia had identical karyotypes (seven metacentric, nine telocentric, four subtelocentric autosome pairs); the same karyotype was reported by Kang and Kim (1963) for R. n. norvegicus in Korea. On the basis of C-banding patterns and morphometric variation, Koh (1992) suggested that a single subspecies inhabited Korea, namely R. n. caraco. The subspecies on Ulleung Island was classified as R. n. longicaudus by Mori (1937) but was erroneously identified as a subspecies of R. norvegicus (Jones & Johnson 1965). The subspecies on Ulleung Island is Rattus rattus tanezumi.
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Family
- Muridae
- Genus
- Rattus
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Rodentia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Scientific name authorship
- Berkenhout
- Species
- norvegicus
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Rattus norvegicus (Berkenhout, 1769) sec. Jo, Baccus & Koprowski, 2018
References
- Berkenhout, J. (1769) Outlines of the natural history of Great Britain and Ireland. Fol. I. Sucessor to Mr. Faillant. Printed for P. Elmsly, London, 264 pp.
- Pallas, P. S. (1778) Novae species qvadrvpedvn e Glirivm ordine, cvm illvstrationibvs variis complvrivm ex hoc ordine animalivm. Erlangae, Svmtv Wolfgangi Waltheri, 388 pp. [in Latin] https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 15686
- Sowerby, A. C. (1923) The naturalist in Manchuria. Tientsin Press Ltd., Tianjin, 508 pp.
- Vinogradov, B. & Obolensky, S. (1927) Some rodents from Transbaicalia, east Siberia. Journal of Mammalogy, 8, 233 - 239. https: // doi. org / 10.2307 / 1373500
- Won, P. H. (1958) A hand list of Korean mammals. Bulletin of Kyung-Hee University, 1, 427 - 460.
- Jones Junior, J. K. & Johnson, D. H. (1965) Synopsis of the lagomorphs and rodents of Korea. University of Kansas, Lawrence, pp. 359 - 407.
- Won, P. H. (1967) Illustrated encyclopedia of fauna and flora of Korea. Fol. 7. Mammals. Ministry of Education, Seoul, 663 pp. [in Korean]
- Kishida, K. & Mori, T. (1931) On the distribution of terrestrial mammals of Korea. Zoological Magazine, 43, 372 - 391. [in Japanese]
- Won, H. K. (1968) The mammals of Korea. Institute of Science Press, Pyeongyang, 408 pp. [in Korean]
- Yoon, M. H. (1992) The wildlife of Korea. Daewonsa Publishing Company, Seoul, 142 pp. [in Korean]
- Han, S. H. (1994) The checklist of Mammals in North Korea. Nature Conservation, 86, 44 - 50. [in Korean]
- Won, C. M. & Smith, K. G. (1999) History and current status of mammals of the Korean Peninsula. Mammal Review, 29, 3 - 33. https: // doi. org / 10.1046 / j. 1365 - 2907.1999.00034. x
- Han, S. H. (2004 c) Order Rodentia. In: Won, B. O. (Ed.), The mammals of Korea. Dongbang Media Press, Seoul, pp. 102 - 141. [in Korean]
- Kuroda, N. (1938) A list of the Japanese Mammals. Published by Author, Tokyo, 122 pp.
- Corbet, G. B. (1978) The mammals of the Palaearctic region: a taxonomic review. British Museum (Natural History), London, 314 pp.
- Kral, B. (1971) Chromosome characteristics of certain murine rodents (Muridae) of the Asiatic part of the USSR. Zoologicke Listy, 20, 331 - 347.
- Kang, Y. S. & Kim, Y. J. (1963) Studies on chromosomes of Korean mammals. I. karyotypes of squirrel and others. Zoologica, 2, 1 - 8
- Koh, H. S. (1992) Systematic studies on Korean rodents: VI. Analysis of morphometric characters, chromosomal karyotypes and mitochondrial DNA in two species of genus Rattus. Korean Journal of Systematic Zoology, 8, 231 - 242.
- Mori, T. (1937) On some small mammals from the Island Utsuryo, Chosen. Journal of Korean Natural History, 22, 40 - 42. [in Japanese]