On Middle and Barrow Islands, competition with the introduced black rat ( " Rattus rattus " ) reduced golden bandicoot numbers significantly in the 1990s, but the black rat was successfully eradicated from these islands in 1993.
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The Black Rat ( " Rattus rattus " ) was originally introduced from Asia to Europe by trade, but was subsequently displaced and succeeded throughout Europe by the bigger Brown Rat ( " Rattus norvegicus " ).
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Black rats ( " Rattus rattus " ), also known as ship rats, had a major impact on wildlife on Anacapa Island, including seabirds, such as Scripps's murrelet, reptiles and amphibians, intertidal and terrestrial invertebrates and vegetation.
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Apart from one or two small islands in the Firth of Forth, the Shiants are the only place in the UK where the black rat or ship's rat ( " Rattus rattus " ) can still be found.
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Apart from one or two small islands in the Firth of Forth, the Shiants were the only place in the UK where the black rat or ship's rat ( " Rattus rattus " ) could still be found.
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Per Special : ArticleFeedbackv5 / Black _ rat / 159109, why does the black rat have the same genus and species, i . e . " Rattus rattus " ? talk ) 01 : 39, 24 September 2012 ( UTC)
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One of the greatest threats to the population of petrels is the presence of the black rat ( " Rattus rattus " ), an introduced species that is the principal cause of mortality of eggs and hatchlings of the species.
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In The Bridge in the Clouds Corlett also introduces Rattus Rattus, a noble, brave, swaggering and most appealing rat, a worthy companion to Graham's Ratty, Masefield's Rat the cellarman ( in " The Midnight Folk " ), Lewis's Reepicheep, and Hoban's Manny Rat.
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Other species such as black rats ( " Rattus rattus " ), Norway rats ( " Rattus norvegicus " ) and house mice ( " Mus " sp . ) have been unintentionally introduced as stowaways, possibly since Christopher Columbus's arrival in 1493.
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By the 1990s, the animal's habitat had shrunk to about three square miles, and the Key Largo woodrat was called " one of the rarest creatures on earth . " The animal also suffers from competition with the infamous " Rattus rattus ".
