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Cases in New York are largely associated with exposure to materials contaminated with rat urine from the Norway rat.
—Louis Casiano, Fox News, 18 Apr. 2024
Humans, centuries ago, brought the Norway rat to the shores of the city.
—Dodai Stewart, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2023
The brown rat—also called the Norway rat, common rat, street rat or sewer rat—likely arrived in New York City sometime around the Revolutionary War.
—Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Apr. 2023
Brown rats, also known as Norway rats, have coexisted with humans for thousands of years and are prolific transmitters of human diseases.
—Melissa Healy, Los Angeles Times, 10 Mar. 2023
But the Christmas Island rat has a close evolutionary descendent in the Norway rat.
—Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 10 Mar. 2022
Seoul spreads among and from the common brown rat—sometimes called a sewer rat, wharf rat, or Norway rat.
—Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 4 Mar. 2022
The Norway rat, the species abundant in New York City, makes its home in sewers, sidewalks and underground burrows.
—Amanda Schupak, CNN, 19 Sep. 2021
According to the Los Angeles Department of Health Services, the Norway rat, roof rat, domestic cat, and opossum are typically involved in the transmission of murine typhus to people in Los Angeles County.
—Claire Gillespie, Health.com, 6 Nov. 2020
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First Known Use
1753, in the meaning defined above
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“Norway rat.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Norway%20rat. Accessed 4 Jul. 2024.
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Nor·way rat
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