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Noun
field rat (plural field rats)
- A rat of any of several species:
- Hypernym: rat
- Coordinate term: wharf rat
- Rattus sordidus (syn. Rattus conatus), a burrowing species that forms underground colonies, found in Australia.
- Rattus tunneyi, found in a variety of habitats, found in north and eastern Australia.
- Rattus nitidus: Himalayan field rat.
- Ratus exulans, found in the Pacific islands.
- Rattus rattus argentiventer, found in the tropics.
- Maxomys surifer (syn. Rattus surifer solaris).
- Rattus tiomanicus: Malayan field rat.
- Ricefield rat.
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