What is Polynesian rat?
{{Taxobox | name = Polynesian Rat | image = Rattus exulans.png | status_system = IUCN3.1 | regnum = [[Animal]]ia | phylum = [[Chordate|Chordata]] | classis = [[Mammal]]ia | ordo = [[Rodent]]ia | familia = [[Muridae]] | subfamilia = [[Murinae]] | genus = ''[[Rattus]]'' | species = '''''R. exulans''''' | binomial = ''Rattus exulans'' | binomial_authority = ([[Titian Peale|Peale]], 1848) | range_map = Rattus exulans distribution.png | range_map_caption = Polynesian Rat range in South-east Asia (in red) }} The '''Polynesian rat''', or '''Pacific rat''' (''Rattus exulans''), known to the [[Māori people|Māori]] as '''kiore''', is the third most widespread species of rat in the world behind the [[brown rat]] and [[black rat]]. The Polynesian rat originates in Southeast Asia but, like its cousins, has become well travelled - infiltrating most Polynesian islands including [[New Zealand]], [[Fiji]], and [[Hawaii]]. {{biology-stub}} [[Category:Old World rats and mice]] [[Category:Mammals of Asia]] [[Category:Mammals of Oceania]]