| Kingdom | Phylum | Class | Order | Family |
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| ANIMALIA | CHORDATA | MAMMALIA | RODENTIA | MURIDAE |
| Scientific Name: | Rattus argentiventer | |||
| Species Authority: | (Robinson & Kloss, 1916) | |||
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| Red List Category & Criteria: | Least Concern ver 3.1 | |||
| Year Published: | 2008 | |||
| Assessor/s: | Ruedas, L., Aplin, K. & Lunde, D. | |||
| Reviewer/s: | Amori, G. (Small Nonvolant Mammal Red List Authority) & Schipper, J. (Global Mammal Assessment Team) | |||
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Justification: This species is listed as Least Concern in view of its wide distribution, adaptability to disturbance, large population, its occurrence in a number of protected areas, the absence of threats, and because the population is considered to be stable. |
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| Range Description: | This species is recorded widely throughout Indochina, in Thailand and Koh Samui off the east coast of peninsular Thailand, Cambodia, central Lao PDR, and Viet Nam (including islands of Cham and Thô Chu off the coast of southern Viet Nam). Then in the Sunda Shelf from the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Java, Borneo, Kangean island, and Bali. It has been introduced in the Lesser Sunda Islands (on the islands of Lombok, Sumbawa, Sangeang, Komodo, Rintja, Flores, Adonara, Lembata, Alor, Sumba, Timor, and Tanimbar), and in the Philippines (Cebu, Luzon, Mindoro, Mindoro, Negros), Sulawesi and New Guinea (Musser and Carleton 2005). Corbet and Hill (1992), followed by Helgen (2003), recorded the species from Seram in the Moluccas, but Musser and Carleton (2005) could not substantiate its occurrence there. |
| Countries: |
Native:
Brunei Darussalam; Cambodia; Indonesia; Lao People's Democratic Republic; Malaysia; Philippines; Singapore; Thailand; Timor-Leste; Viet Nam
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| Population: | This species is extremely abundant near human habitation and settlement. |
| Population Trend: |
Stable
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| Habitat and Ecology: | Its natural habitat was probably swampy grasslands, but today it occurs in rice fields, grasslands, and plantations (Payne et al. 1985) and is broadly commensal with humans. |
| Systems: | Terrestrial |
| Major Threat(s): | There are no major threats to the species. |
| Conservation Actions: | It is present in several protected areas across its range. |
| Citation: | Ruedas, L., Aplin, K. & Lunde, D. 2008. Rattus argentiventer. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 24 May 2012. |
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