Rattus everetti
Gunther, 1879). Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., p. 75.

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ORDER—RODENTIA
FAMILY—Muridae

COMMON NAME—Common Philippine forest rat.

DISTRIBUTION—Endemic but widespread in the Philippines, excluding Palawan Faunal Region and the Batanes/Babuyan groups. Specimens are recorded from Biliran (USNM), Bohol (FMNH), Camiguin (DMNH), Catanduanes (FMNH), Dinagat (USNM), Leyte (USNM), Luzon [Abra (FMNH), Albay (UPLB), Aurora (UPD), Benguet (FMNH), Camarines Sur (FMNH), Laguna (USNM), Mountain Province (FMNH), Pampanga (AMNH), Quezon (UPLB), Rizal (UPLB), and Sorsogon (FMNH)], Marinduque (UPD), Maripipi (USNM), Mindanao [Bukidnon (FMNH), Davao del Norte (FMNH), Davao del Sur (FMNH), Lanao del Norte (UPLB), Lanao del Sur (UPLB), Maguindanao (FMNH), Misamis Occidental (FMNH), Misamis Oriental (UPLB), South Cotabato (AMNH), Surigao del Norte (UPLB), Surigao del Sur (UPLB), and Zamboanga del Norte (FMNH) provinces], Mindoro (FMNH), Panay (PNM), Siargao (DMNH), and Ticao (USNM). Also reported from Samar (Johnson, 1946).

HABITAT—Found in primary and disturbed lowland, montane, and mossy forest, from sea level to 2200 m on Luzon (Balete & Heaney, in press; Danielsen et al., 1994; Heaney et al., 1991; Rabor, 1955) and up to 2400 m on Mindanao (Musser & Heaney, 1992; Rickart et al., 1993).

STATUS—Common in primary forest, uncommon in secondary forest, usually absent in agricultural areas.

COMMENT—Includes R. albigularis, R. gala, R. tagulayensis, and R. tyrannus (Musser & Heaney, 1992; Musser & Carleton, 1993).

NOTE ADDED IN 2005--Documented in montane and mossy forest from 925-2,150 m elevation in Balbalasang, Kalinga Province (Heaney et al. 2004)


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