The special adaptation to hypoxia facilitated the expansion of the Asian house rat (Rattus tanezumi) into Tibet but not other Rattus species.
Cao R, Zhang M, Chen Y, Hou G, Liu Q, Zhang J, Zhang Y.
Cao R, et al.
Integr Zool. 2024 May 9. doi: 10.1111/1749-4877.12829. Online ahead of print.
Integr Zool. 2024.
PMID: 38724481
Rattus species are thought to live only at altitudes less than 2500 m, but the Asian house rat (R. tanezumi) (RT) has recently expanded to altitudes greater than 3500 m in China. Other Rattus species, especially brown rats (R. norvegicus) (RN), still reach only low …
Rattus species are thought to live only at altitudes less than 2500 m, but the Asian house rat (R. tanezumi) (RT) has recently expand …