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- Title: Methods of Destroying Rats
- Author : David Lantz
- Release Date : January 25, 2010
- Genre: Engineering,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 91 KB
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The brown or Norway rat ( Mus norvegicus ) is the worst mammal pest in the United States, the losses from its depredations amounting to many millions of dollars yearly to more, indeed, than the losses from all other injurious mammals combined. [A] In addition to its destructive habits, this rat is now known to be an active agent in disseminating infectious diseases, a fact which renders measures for its destruction doubly important. Introduced into America about the year 1775, the brown rat has supplanted and nearly exterminated its less robust relative, the black rat, and despite the incessant warfare of man has extended its range and steadily increased in numbers. Its dominance is due to its great fecundity and its ability to adapt itself to all sorts of conditions.