Rattus

The pathogen was unleashed when Eurasian black rats jumped ship onto the island at the turn of the 20th century, causing extermination of two endemic species, namely Rattus macleari and R. nativitatis.

dailyindia.com News Feed 2008

Sheena appeared taken back at first when the rodent, dubbed "Rattus," for its genus,

About.com Cats 2009

The real culprit, according to "The Statues That Walked," was the Polynesian rat Rattus exulans , which stowed away on the boats of the first Polynesian settlers.

Don't Blame the Natives Charles C. Mann 2011

Increased IL-4 production and attenuated proliferative and pro-inflammatory responses of splenocytes from wild-caught rats Rattus norvegicus.

The Autoimmune Epidemic Donna Jackson Nakazawa 2008

Increased IL-4 production and attenuated proliferative and pro-inflammatory responses of splenocytes from wild-caught rats Rattus norvegicus.

The Autoimmune Epidemic Donna Jackson Nakazawa 2008

A few miles from campus was an old-fashioned country dump, out in the middle of nowhere, that was the preferred habitat of Rattus norvegicus, the common brown rat.

More Nostalgia, and Rat Shooting 2008

Today, the rat has been synonymized with the Polynesian rat (Rattus exulans), so is no longer considered a distinct species.

Archive 2008-06-01 2008

If real, the phenomenon may have diminished when the brown rat (Rattus norvegicus) displaced the black rat (R. Rattus) in the 18th century.

Boing Boing 2008

Ship rats Rattus rattus seem to be especially prone to this, forming non-interbreeding populations with differing chromosome counts, more or less overnight.

How to make a snake - The Panda's Thumb 2010

They die within a day; their lifespan is accelerated because time works on them differently, just as time works differently on a Galapagos tortoise and a Rattus rattus.

BLANKENSHIP & DAWES IN: CHRONO-CONUNDRUM! • by Jens Rushing 2008