11002-19216 Norway or brown rat (Rattus norvegicus) attacking a tree weta. This is the largest rat found in New Zealand, mainly around waterways (coastal and freshwater), in towns and around farms. Norway rats are omnivorous and have a very broad and varied diet. They 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. This was the first European rodent to become established in New Zealand arriving in the 1770's *
11002-19217 Norway or brown rat (Rattus norvegicus) fleeing from tree weta. This is the largest rat found in New Zealand, mainly around waterways (coastal and freshwater), in towns and around farms. Norway rats are omnivorous and have a very broad and varied diet. They 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. This was the first European rodent to become established in New Zealand arriving in the 1770's *
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 *
