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Save the Lundy ship rats! ... Ship rats originated in Asia, where they are still very common. They were the original European rat at least from the Classical period: though the Romans did not view rats as a separate group, referring only to mus major and mus minor, the big and little mouse.
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With sufficient publicity it may still be possible to save the unique and historic strain of Lundy ship rats. Joan and Roger Branton, a couple who are experts on the ship rat, visited the island in April 2003 and could find no evidence of surviving rats;
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It is most common in coastal areas because it is a rodent that flourishes in areas inhabited by humans as well as on large ships. For this reason, these animals are often called ship rats. Some other common names for this species include house rat, black rat, and roof rat.
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Ship Rats. Full text. Full text is available as a scanned copy of the original print version. Get a printable copy (PDF file) of the complete article (508K) ...
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www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2178798/
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To test this prediction, we investigated introduced ship rat populations, Rattus rattus (Linnaeus, 1758), in the Guadeloupe Archipelago. ... The results indicate that rats were introduced on Guadeloupe first, which then became the source population for independent secondary colonization of Fajou and Petite-Terre.
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www.medscape.com/medline/abstract/16101763
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Bait station preferences of ship rats; E.B. Spurr, G.A. Morriss, J. Turner, C.E. O’Connor, P. Fisher; DOC Researc h & Development Series 271; Published by; Science & Technical Publishing; Department of Conservation;
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As methods and successes of Rattus rattus (ship rat) control progress, particularly in island environments, the importance of managing Mus musculus (house mouse) increases. M. musculus can negatively impact on a variety of native fauna and flora, potentially creating long term cascading effects.
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researcharchive.vuw.ac.nz/handle/10063/863
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For example, ship rats (Rattus rattus L.) may limit mouse (Mus musculus L.) use of traps and tunnels. Indices of ship rat and mouse relative density have not previously been tested against estimates of absolute density but are used to help to evaluate the need for and efficacy of rodent control programmes.
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Ship rats (Rattus rattus) capture rates doubled between Jan/Feb 1996 and Aug/Sep; 1996, but rapidly declined shortly afterwards. Trappability of ship rats also increased in the latter sampling period. These factors must be considered when planning methods of indexing relative densities of stoats and rats.
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www.nzes.org.nz/nzje/free_issues/NZJEcol23_1_95.pdf
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