%0 Journal Article %A CHEN Shunde %A LIU Shaoying %A TANG Keyi %A WAN Tao %A WANG Xuming %A XIE Fei %T Taxonomic and distribution revision of Rattus pyctoris in China %D %R 10.16829/j.slxb.150589 %J ACTA THERIOLOGICA SINICA %P 270-285 %V 42 %N 3 %X The Himalayan rat (Rattus pyctoris) was named by Hodgson in 1845, and its type locality is Nepal. The taxonomic status of this species and its distribution in China is controversial. Some research suggested that Rattus pyctoris is not distributed in China. Recently, seven specimens of Rattus sp. were collected during a field survey in 2020 from Jilong and Zanda counties, Tibet, China. The Pelage, skull, and teeth morphologies of these specimens resemble Rattus pyctoris from Nepal. Bayesian phylogenetic inference supported these specimens are monophyletic (PP=1. 0). The Kimura 2-parameter model (K2-P) genetic distance of Cyt b gene between our collections and the topotype of R. pyctoris is less than 2. 8%. Thus, these specimens are suggested as Rattus pyctoris based on morphological and molecular evidence. This is the first record of Rattus pyctoris in China, the finding has enriched the biogeographic data of this species. %U http://www.mammal.cn/EN/10.16829/j.slxb.150589