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Species Account for Rattus rattus

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Rattus rattus  (Linnaeus, 1758)
Ship Rat
Rodentia: Muridae

 
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Essex RDB: Listed

Records: 11
First Record: 1940
Latest Record: 1996

1992-on hectads: 1
Pre-1992 hectads: 3
Total hectads: 3

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Essex Red Data List comment
Black rat or Ship rat. 1 post-1980 tetrads (out of 1074).


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Habitat Detail and Method (based on 11 records with habitat detail and method information)

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