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The Environmental Protection Agency states that the most common rodents to be found in homes are the Norway rat and the roof rat.
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Nina Turner, Newsweek, 29 Oct. 2024
The house mouse, roof rat and Norway rat are prolific breeders, the agency says on its website, and frequent pests in residential and urban areas.
—Carlie Kollath Wells, Axios, 6 Sep. 2024
The Norway rat, the most common species in the state, often breeds in the warmer months leading to increases in sightings, according to the state’s Department of Energy and Environmental Protection.
—Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 9 July 2024
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
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Nina Turner, Newsweek, 29 Oct. 2024
The house mouse, roof rat and Norway rat are prolific breeders, the agency says on its website, and frequent pests in residential and urban areas.
—Carlie Kollath Wells, Axios, 6 Sep. 2024
The Norway rat, the most common species in the state, often breeds in the warmer months leading to increases in sightings, according to the state’s Department of Energy and Environmental Protection.
—Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 9 July 2024
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
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“Norway rat.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Norway%20rat. Accessed 23 Dec. 2024.
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Norway rat
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Nor·way rat
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