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East Asian House Rat

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Photo: Utain Pummarin (iNaturalist) · CC BY 4.0 (May be cropped or resized)

Rattus tanezumi

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Range

Eastern, southern and south-eastern Asia, including Bangladesh, Bhutan, India and Nepal

The tanezumi rat, also called the Asian house rat or yellow-breasted rat, is a rodent closely related to the black rat. It is widespread in eastern, southern and south-eastern Asia, including Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, China, Japan, Korea and much of Southeast Asia (Wikipedia, general species account).

The cached account is one paragraph on range and gives no description, measurements, diet, behaviour or breeding information, so nothing more can be stated without going beyond the sources consulted (Wikipedia, general species account).

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Where is the East Asian House Rat found?
Eastern, southern and south-eastern Asia, including Bangladesh, Bhutan, India and Nepal
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