Rattus everetti (Gunther, 1879). Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1879:75.

TYPE LOCALITY: Philippines, Mindanao.

DISTRIBUTION: Luzon, Lubang, and N. Mindanao (Philippines).

COMMENT: Includes albigularis, gala, and tagulayensis; see Ellerman, 1949, The Families and Genera of Living Rodents, 3:65, but also see Alcasid, 1969, Checklist of Philippine Mammals, Manila Nat. Mus., Philippines, p. 29, who listed gala as a distinct species (KFK and GGM). Probably a relative of Tryphomys adustus (JH).

ISIS NUMBER: 5301410011058039001 as R. everetti.

5301410011058004001 as R. albigularis.

5301410011058106001 as R. tagulayensis.