Polynesian rat (redirect from Rattus exulans)
The Polynesian rat, Pacific rat or little rat (Rattus exulans), known to the Māori as kiore, is the third most widespread species of rat in the world behind...
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(Rattus enganus) – Indonesia (potentially extinct) Philippine forest rat (Rattus everetti) – the Philippines Polynesian rat or kiore (Rattus exulans)...
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Māori, who hunted moa to extinction, introduced the Polynesian rat (Rattus exulans), and destroyed large tracts of forest by fire. Haast's eagle was first...
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"Molecular Genetic Evidence for the Place of Origin of the Pacific Rat, Rattus exulans". PLOS ONE. 9 (3): e91356. Bibcode:2014PLoSO...991356T. doi:10.1371/journal...
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habitat loss and introduced predators, such as the Polynesian rat (Rattus exulans). Tuatara were extinct on the mainland, with the remaining populations...
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(Monachus schauinslandi) haul out on its beaches. The polynesian rat (Rattus exulans) has been on the island since it was discovered. The coral reef is a...
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forest rat Rattus exulans - Polynesian rat Rattus facetus - Lore Lindu xanthurus rat Rattus feliceus - Spiny Ceram rat Rattus foramineus? Rattus fuscipes...
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one coconut crab was observed killing and eating a Polynesian rat (Rattus exulans). In 2016, a large coconut crab was observed climbing a tree to disable...
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rat (Rattus norvegicus), and related species like the black rat (Rattus rattus), Rattus pyctoris, Rattus nitidus, Rattus argentiventer, Rattus tanezumi...
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mammalian predators on its island, such as black rats (Rattus rattus), Polynesian rats (Rattus exulans), feral cats (Felis catus), and free-ranging goats...
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Oppel, S.; Meyer, J-Y; Russell, J. C. (2020). "A successful Pacific rat Rattus exulans eradication on tropical Reiono Island (Tetiaroa Atoll, French Polynesia)...
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The only mammals native to the region are the common Polynesian rat (Rattus exulans) and the goats. The rat seems to have been introduced by seafarers many...
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Statistics. Retrieved 6 July 2022. "issg Database: Distribution Details for Rattus exulans". "Insular Area Summary for American Samoa". U.S. Department of the...
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the world. The best-known rat species are the black rat (Rattus rattus) and the brown rat (Rattus norvegicus). This group, generally known as the Old World...
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Black rat (redirect from Rattus_rattus_rattus)
black rat (Rattus rattus), also known as the roof rat, ship rat, or house rat, is a common long-tailed rodent of the stereotypical rat genus Rattus, in the...
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Exploration, and with a fourth species in the Pacific, the Polynesian rat (Rattus exulans), have severely damaged island biotas around the world. For example...
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from predation by hermit crabs (Coenobita) and the Polynesian rat (Rattus exulans), with which it was able to co-exist. When ornithologist Alexander Wetmore...
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Biodiversity: Rattus rattus – Ship Rat". Cookislands.bishopmuseum.org. Retrieved 18 November 2011. "Cook Islands Biodiversity: Rattus exulans – Pacific Rat"...
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efforts is to eradicate these islands’ populations of Pacific rats (Rattus exulans) that prey on their native insects, birds and lizards. These islands...
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and 1990 (Rinke, 5–8 April). The only mammal native to the island is Rattus exulans, the Polynesian rat. In a survey conducted in 1990, the most common...
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The Māori also brought two species of land mammals, Polynesian rats (Rattus exulans) and kurī, a breed of domestic dog (Canis lupus familiaris). In pre-human...
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2000. Barnes, S.S.; et al. (2006). "Ancient DNA of the Pacific rat (Rattus exulans) from Rapa Nui (Easter Island)" (PDF). Journal of Archaeological Science...
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none being indigenous or endemic. They include the Polynesian rat (Rattus exulans), dogs, cats and pigs. Among the 75 bird species, the Bokikokiko (Acrocephalus...
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recent arrival of the pueo in Hawai’i may be linked to Polynesian rats (Rattus exulans), which were brought to the islands by humans. The only truly native...
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arriving about 800–1,000 years ago, bringing dogs and Polynesian rats (Rattus exulans) and hunting takahē for food, started another decline. European settlement...
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proposed that the deforestation was primarily due to Polynesian rats (Rattus exulans) and that the islanders adapted to this change gradually. The plot mixes...
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may have fed on vulnerable juvenile D. heteracantha. Polynesian rats (Rattus exulans), or "kiore" in the Māori language, are one of the top predators of...
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reason appears to have been the introduction of the Polynesian rat (Rattus exulans). Ancient Hawaiian religious practice holds that the five volcanic peaks...
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2000 Barnes, S.S.; et al. (2006). "Ancient DNA of the Pacific rat (Rattus exulans) from Rapa Nui (Easter Island)" (PDF). Journal of Archaeological Science...
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The presence of the kou tree (Cordia subcordata) and Polynesian rats (Rattus exulans) on the island is also considered a possible indicator of early Polynesian...
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