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Ship rat

Rattus rattus, an introduced climbing rat established through New Zealand forest and a principal predator of native birds, bats and invertebrates.

Known aliases

  • black rat
  • Rattus rattus

Relationships

No evidence-backed relationships are recorded.

Current clusters

science1 publisher

Ship rats rebound on regional clocks after aerial 1080 drops

Twenty-four years of tracking-tunnel data from New Zealand conservation land show 1080 suppressing rats and stoats for a year or two, then rebounds arriving faster and higher in warm northern forest than in the cool south.

Publishers:phys.org

Reality

Evidence72
Adoption58
Hype gap−10
Incentives42
Confidence62