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What kind of rats are on each continent?

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Andaman Rat: Found only in India

Annandale Rat: Found in Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore

Australian Swamp Rat: Found in Australia

Black Rat: Found throughout the world but largely confined to warmer areas

Bonthain Rat: Found only in Indonesia

Brown Rat: Found on all continents except Antarctica

Bulldog Rat: Was found on Christmas Island before in became extinct around 1898-1903

Bush Rat: Found in Australia

Cape York Rat: Found in Australia, Indonesia, and Papua New Guinea

Dusky Rat: Found only in Australia

Dusky Field Rat: Found in Australia, Indonesia and Papua New Guinea

Eastern Rat: Found only in Papua New Guinea

Enggano Rat: Found only in Indonesia

Giluwe Rat: Found only in Papua New Guinea

Glacier Rat: Found only in Indonesia

Hainald's Rat: Found only in Indonesia

Himalayan Field Rat: Found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Palau, Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam

Hoffmann's Rat: Found only in Indonesia

Hoogerwerf's Rat: Found only in Indonesia

Japen Rat: Found only in Indonesia

Kerala Rat: Found only in India

Koopman's Rat: Found only in Indonesia

Korinch's Rat: Found only in Indonesia

Lesser Rice-field Rat: Found in China, Laos, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam

Little Soft-furred Rat: Found only in Indonesia

Long-haired Rat: Found only in Australia

Maclear's Rat: Was found on Christmas Island until it became extinct around 1903.

Malayan Field Rat: Found in Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines and Thailand

Mentawai Rat: Found only in Indonesia

Mindoro Black Rat: Found only in Philippines

Molaccan Prehensile-tailed Rat: Found only in Indonesia

Moss-forest Rat: Found in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea

New Guinean Rat: Found only in Papua New Guinea

Nillu Rat: Found only in Sri Lanka

Nonsense Rat: Found in India

Opossum Rat: Found only in Indonesia

Osgood's Rat: Found only in Vietnam

Pale Field Rat: Found in Australia

Palm Rat: Found only in India

Peleng Rat: Found only in Indonesia

Philippine Forest Rat: Found only in the Philippines

Polynesian Rat: Found throughout much of Southeast Asia and the Pacific.

Rice-field Rat: Found throughout Southeast Asia

Sikkim Rat: Found in Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand and Vietnam

Simalur Rat: Found only in Indonesia

Slender Rat: Found in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea

Spiny Rat: Found in Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands

Spiny Ceram Rat: Found only in Indonesia named after the Indonesian Island of Seram

Stein's Rat: Found in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea

Sula Rat: Found only in Indonesia

Sunburned Rat: From Enggano Island in Indonesia.

Summit Rat: Found only in Malaysia

Tanezumi Rat: Found in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, Cocoas Islands, Fiji, India, Indonesia, Japan, North Korea, South Korea, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam

Tawi-Tawi Forest Rat: Found only in the Philippines

Timor Rat: Found in Indonesia and Malaysia

Turkestan Rat: Found in Afghanistan, China, India, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Nepal and Pakistan

Van Deusen's Rat: Found only in Papua New Guinea

Yellow-tailed Rat: Found only in Indonesia

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