is possible that Maclear's rats hybridized with black rats. A hard tick (Ixodes nitens), described as an ectoparasite of Maclear's rat, is also thought...
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De-extinction (section Maclear's rat)
remaining individuals in the wild. The Maclear's rat (Rattus macleari), also known as the Christmas Island rat, was a large rat endemic to Christmas Island in...
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Ocean. It was one of two rats endemic to Christmas Island, alongside Maclear's rat. The head and body length was about 25 to 27 centimetres (9.8 to 10...
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rat Lesser long-fingered bat Light-winged lesser house bat Long-tailed planigale Bengal slow loris Javan slow loris Luzon hairy-tailed rat Maclear's rat...
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in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Maclear (crater), a lunar crater Maclear's Rat, an extinct species of rat formerly found on Christmas Island This...
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current large population size was caused by the extinction of the endemic Maclear's rat (Rattus macleari) in 1903, which may have limited the crab's population...
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Indonesia Korinch's rat (Rattus korinchi) – Indonesia †Maclear's rat (Rattus macleari) – Christmas Island (now extinct) Nillu rat (Rattus montanus) –...
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Rodentia 1881 1 Saint Lucia Bulldog rat Rattus nativitatis Thomas, 1888 Rodentia 1903 1 Christmas Island Maclear's rat Rattus macleari Thomas, 1887 Rodentia...
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the Challenger Plateau near New Zealand. During this expedition the Maclear's Rat on Christmas Island in the Indian Ocean was named after him. He is also...
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List of Australia-New Guinea species extinct in the Holocene (section Bettongs, potoroos, and rat-kangaroos (family Potoroidae))
habitat clearance, predation by feral cats and possibly red foxes. Maclear's rat Rattus macleari Christmas Island Last collected in 1901-1902. Became...
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settlement, Christmas Island hosted two endemic rodents, the bulldog rat and Maclear's rat. However, both species were extinct by 1908. There is evidence that...
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(Pseudomys glaucus) Gould's mouse (Pseudomys gouldii) Maclear's rat (Rattus macleari) Bulldog rat (Rattus nativitatis) Family Dugongidae Steller's sea...
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York rat Rattus losea - Lesser ricefield rat Rattus lugens - Mentawai rat Rattus lutreolus - Australian swamp rat Rattus macleari - Maclear's rat Rattus...
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which is also considered a likely cause of the extinctions of Maclear's rat and the bulldog rat. The initial drop in C. trichura's population size occurred...
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Rattus korinchi † Maclear's rat, Rattus macleari Nillu rat, Rattus montanus Molaccan prehensile-tailed rat, Rattus morotaiensis † Bulldog rat, Rattus nativitatis...
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every other native mammal: the Christmas Island pipistrelle, Maclear's rat, bulldog rat, and Christmas Island shrew. The Christmas Island flying fox was...
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bulldog rat (Rattus nativitatis) and the nocturnal Maclear's rat (Rattus macleari) both became extinct after the accidental introduction of the black rat. The...
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forced to pawn his collection of books, leave school and work at a dirty and rat-infested shoe-blacking factory. The change in circumstances gave him what...
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Mironowicz Flightpath II - Screenlife Productions. Producers: Michael Maclear, Mike Feheley Moving On - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Producer:...
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