tanezumi rat

{{Short description|Species of rodent}}

{{Speciesbox

| name = Tanezumi rat

| image = Rattus tanezumi - 1700-1880 - Print - Iconographia Zoologica - Special Collections University of Amsterdam.png

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{Cite journal | author = Heaney, L. | author2 = Molur, S. | title = Rattus tanezumi | journal = The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species | volume = 2016 | page = e.T19366A115149780 | publisher = IUCN | date = 2016 | url = http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/19366/0 | doi = 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T19366A22445589.en | access-date = 14 December 2017| doi-access = free }}

| genus = Rattus

| species = tanezumi

| authority = Temminck, 1844

| synonyms =

| range_map = Range Rattus tanezumi.png

}}

The tanezumi rat (Rattus tanezumi), also known as the Asian rat or Asian house rat, yellow-breasted or buff-breasted rat (Rattus flavipectus), is a species of rodent in the family Muridae. It is closely related to the black rat (Rattus rattus). It is widespread in eastern, southern and south-eastern Asia, being found in Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Fiji, India, Indonesia, Japan, North Korea, South Korea, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, the Philippines, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam.