New Zealand Mammals

11002-19215 Norway rat (Rattus norvegicus) male swimming across an estuarine creek. Norway rats swim well, and may cross water channels up to 2.2 km wide. This is the largest rat found in New Zealand. It lives mainly around waterways (coastal and freshwater), in towns and around farms. Norway rats are omnivorous and have been recorded eating seeds, fruits, leaves, lizards, insects, molluscs, crustaceans, the eggs and young of burrowing seabirds, stored grain, animal carcasses, garbage, and even sewage *

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11002-19215 Norway rat (Rattus norvegicus) male swimming across an estuarine creek. Norway rats swim well, and may cross water channels up to 2.2 km wide. This is the largest rat found in New Zealand. It lives mainly around waterways (coastal and freshwater), in towns and around farms. Norway rats are omnivorous and have been recorded eating seeds, fruits, leaves, lizards, insects, molluscs, crustaceans, the eggs and young of burrowing seabirds, stored grain, animal carcasses, garbage, and even sewage *

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