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Rattus norvegicus

(Berkenhout, 1769)
Chordata » Rodentia » Muridae » Rattus norvegicus
Common name (English)
Brown rat
Common name (Greek)
Καφέ αρουραίος
Ηabitat
D: Wetlands
E: Grasslands
F: Heathland
G: Woodland
I: Cultivated
J: Artificial
X: Miscellaneous
Global distribution

Australia 13 0; Caribbean 133 0; Europe & Northern Asia (excluding China) 373 0; North America 132 0; Southern Asia 128 0

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Establishment status
Established
Establishment status detail

Alien:

First detection year
1985
Online resource
http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=1…
Pathway
4 TRANSPORT – STOWAWAY - Hitchhikers on ship/boat – Ship
References

Hoppe AH (1985) Intensification of rat control in Cyprus. Final report. Nicosia: GTZ Project.

Psaroulaki A, Antoniou M, Toumazos P, Mazeris A, Ioannou I, Chochlakis D, et al. (2010) Rats as indicators of the presence and dispersal of six zoonotic microbial agents in Cyprus, an island ecosystem: a seroepidemiological study. Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 104(11): 733-739.

Antoniou M, Psaroulaki A, Toumazos P, Mazeris A, Ioannou I, Papaprodromou M, et al. (2010) Rats as indicators of the presence and dispersal of pathogens in Cyprus: ectoparasites, parasitic helminths, enteric bacteria, and encephalomyocarditis virus.Vector Borne Zoonotic Diseases 10(9): 867-873.

Hadjisterkotis E, Konstantinou G, Sanna D, Pirastru M, Mereu P (2019) The first record of Rattus norvegicus on the island of Cyprus and the expected effect on agriculture and local biota. X International Agriculture Symposium, Agrosym 2019, Jahorina, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 3-6 October 2019. Proceedings 2019 pp.236-241 ref.26

Hadjisterkotis E, Konstantinou G, Sanna D, Pirastru M, Mereu P (2020) First mtDNA Sequences and Body Measurements for Rattus norvegicus from the Mediterranean Island of Cyprus. Life 10(8): 136. https://doi.org/10.3390/life10080136

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