Himalayan field rat

Weight

100 g – 133.5 gsrc for Weight

Length

Not recorded

Lifespan

Not recorded

Diet

Herbivoresrc for Diet

Main food

Not recorded

Habitat

forest, shrublandsrc for Habitat

Young per litter or clutch

3.09src for Young per litter or clutch

Active

At night (nocturnal)src for Active

Lifestyle

Terrestrialsrc for Lifestyle

Conservation status

Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status

Countries on record

1 countrysrc for Countries on record

The himalayan field rat is listed for 1 country.

The same countries as a list

1. Australia

Why a country list is not a range map

Listed by: ITIS (scope: global), through the Catalogue of Life.

The himalayan field rat is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.

1. LCLeast Concern
2. NTNear Threatened
3. VUVulnerable
4. ENEndangered
5. CRCritically Endangered
6. EWExtinct in the Wild
7. EXExtinct

Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species. What the categories mean.

1. kingdomAnimalia
2. phylumChordata
3. classMammalia
4. orderRodentia
5. familyMuridae
6. genusRattus
7. SpeciesRattus nitidus (Hodgson, 1845)

Synonyms Mus guhai, Mus horeites, Mus nitidus, Mus rubricosa, Rattus aequicaudalis, Rattus griseiventer rahengis, Rattus hoffmani subditivus, Rattus manuselae, Rattus nitidus obsoletus, Rattus nitidus thibetanus

Catalogue of LifeWikipediaiNaturalistWikidataIUCN Red List

LC, Least Concern

Brown rat

Rattus norvegicus

Muridae

LC, Least Concern

Black rat

Rattus rattus

Muridae

LC, Least Concern

Polynesian rat

Rattus exulans

Muridae

LC, Least Concern

Ricefield rat

Rattus argentiventer

Muridae

LC, Least Concern

Summit rat

Rattus baluensis

Muridae

LC, Least Concern

Bush rat

Rattus fuscipes

Muridae

CompareHimalayan field rat vs Brown ratHimalayan field rat vs Black ratHimalayan field rat vs Polynesian ratHimalayan field rat vs Ricefield rat

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@misc{himalayan_field_rat_2026,
  title = {Himalayan field rat (Rattus nitidus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/himalayan-field-rat},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}