Rattus argentiventer (Robinson and Kloss, 1916) . J. Str. Br. Roy. Asiat. Soc., 73: 274.

TYPE LOCALITY: Indonesia, "west coast of" Sumatra, Pasir Ganting .

DISTRIBUTION: Thailand and Indochina to Java, Borneo; Mindoro and Mindanao (Philippines); introduced on Lesser Sunda Isis., Sulawesi, and New Guinea.

COMMENT: Includes pesticulus; see Musser, 1973, Am. Mus . Novit., 2511:1-30. Reviewed by Musser, 1981, Bull. Am. Mus . Nat. Hist., 169(2):67- 176.

ISIS NUMBER: 5301410011058010001.