species common name extant or extinct samples total count ecozones countries Rattus andamanensis Sikkim rat extant 2 36 Indomalaya Vietnam Rattus argentiventer ricefield rat extant 6 557 Indomalaya Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam Rattus everetti Philippine forest rat extant 4 18 Indomalaya Philippines Rattus exulans Polynesian rat extant 16 79 Indomalaya Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand Rattus fuscipes bush rat extant 9 1412 Australasia Australia Rattus hoffmanni Hoffmann's rat extant 1 24 Indomalaya Indonesia Rattus leucopus Cape York rat extant 1 501 Australasia Australia Rattus losea lesser ricefield rat extant 3 27 Indomalaya Thailand Rattus lutreolus Australian swamp rat extant 7 146 Australasia Australia Rattus marmosurus opossum rat extant 1 2 Indomalaya Indonesia Rattus nitidus Himalayan field rat extant 2 6 Indomalaya, Palearctic China, Vietnam Rattus norvegicus brown rat extant 26 802 Indomalaya, Nearctic, Neotropic, Palearctic Algeria, Argentina, Chile, China, France, Indonesia, Iran, Malaysia, Nicaragua, Philippines, Syria, Taiwan, Thailand, United States Rattus pyctoris Turkestan rat extant 1 1 Palearctic China Rattus rattus black rat extant 68 2748 Afrotropic, Australasia, Indomalaya, Nearctic, Neotropic, Palearctic Algeria, Argentina, Australia, Bangladesh, Belize, Brazil, Central African Republic, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ethiopia, India, Iran, Israel, Japan, Kenya, Madagascar, Malaysia, Mexico, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Pakistan, Portugal, Senegal, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Turkey, Uganda, United States, Vietnam, Zambia Rattus sordidus dusky field rat extant 2 51 Australasia Australia Rattus tanezumi Tanezumi rat extant 17 714 Indomalaya, Palearctic China, Indonesia, Philippines Rattus tiomanicus Malayan field rat extant 13 669 Indomalaya Indonesia, Malaysia Rattus tunneyi pale field rat extant 1 1 Australasia Australia Rattus verecundus slender rat extant 4 201 Australasia Papua New Guinea Rattus villosissimus long-haired rat extant 1 1 Australasia Australia