Rattus exulans (Peale, 1848) . Mammalia and Ornithology, in U.S. Expl. Exped., 8:47.

TYPE LOCALITY: Society Isis., Tahiti Isl. (France) .

DISTRIBUTION: Bangladesh; Burma; Thailand; Indochina; Malaysia through Philippines, Indonesia, and New Guinea to Micronesia, New Zealand, and Polynesia, including Hawaii and Easter Island. Not on mainland Australia.

COMMENT: Includes concolor (see Ellerman and Morrison-Scott, 1951:590), basilanus, calcis, leucophaetus, luteiventris, mayonicus, negrinus, ornatulus, pantarensis, querceti, vigoratus, vulcani (see Musser, 1977, Am. Mus . Novit., 2624:12), micronesiensis (see Schwarz and Schwarz, 1967, Ann. Esc. Nac. Cienc. Biol. Mex., 14: 146), and bocourti (see Musser, 1970, Mammalia, 55:489). Human introduction responsible for most of the Pacific insular occurrences (ACZ).

ISIS NUMBER: 5301410011058041001 as R. exulans .

5301410011058014001 as R. basilanus .

5301410011058020001 as R. calcis .

5301410011058057001 as R. leucophaetus .

5301410011058061001 as R. luteiventris .

5301410011058069001 as R. mayonicus .

5301410011058070001 as R. micronesiensis .

5301410011058078001 as R. negrinus .

5301410011058085001 as R. ornatulus .

5301410011058087001 as R. pantarensis .

5301410011058091001 as R. querceti .

5301410011058112001 as R. vigoratus .

5301410011058113001 as R. vulcani .