Rats: New Zealand animal pests and threats - Department of …
WEBShip and Norway rats and kiore have a major impact in New Zealand because they are omnivores – eating birds, seeds, snails, lizards, fruit, weta, eggs, chicks, larvae and flowers. The varied diet of rats also makes them competitors with native wildlife for food sources.
Rat facts and control tips - Predator Free NZ Trust
WEBKiore came to New Zealand with early Māori voyagers, while Norway rats and ship rats travelled here on whaling ships and with early European settlers. What do NZ’s rats look like? Kiore are small rats with brown fur and a grey and white underside. The tail of a kiore is shorter than the body.
Norway and ship rats - Bay Of Plenty Regional Council
WEBBoth Norway and ship rats like to live near humans and can be found in houses, waterways and at refuse stations. Norway rats are particularly good swimmers. What do they look like? Norway Rat. Larger than a ship rat, it has a blunt nose, small eye, small ears, a thick heavy body and tail that is shorter than head and body. Ship Rat
Brown Rat (Rat identification in New Zealand) · iNaturalist NZ
WEBThe Brown rat (Rattus norvegicus), is also referred to as the Norway rat, Pouhawaiki, Sewer rat, and Water rat. In New Zealand it is dominant in urban areas and near waterways and human habitation. It is far less common in bush and forested areas.
Brown Rat (Norway Rat) (Pest animals in New Zealand) · iNaturalist NZ
WEBThe brown rat, common rat, street rat, sewer rat, Hanover rat, Norway rat, brown Norway rat, Norwegian rat, wharf rat (Rattus norvegicus), or hood rat is one of the best known and most common rats.
Rats - Pest Management Association of New Zealand inc (PMANZ)
WEBApr 6, 2023 · The Norway rat is the largest of the commensal rodents and the most common commensal rat in the temperate regions of the world. It not only damages/destroys materials by gnawing, eats and contaminates stored food, but it is also of human health importance as a vector or carrier of diseases.
Ship Rat Or Norway Rat - 3 Tips To Know - New Zealand Nature Guy
WEBSep 12, 2021 · There are 3 species of rats in New Zealand – ship rat (most common), Norway rat (largest), and kiore. Ship rats and Norway rats are both quite common and can be found throughout the country. Kiore was the …
Rats - ORC
WEBNorway rats have brown fur on their back and pale grey fur on their belly. They are much larger than ship rats, with adults usually weighing 150-300g but can be over 500g and up 390mm long. Unlike the ship rat, their tail is shorter than their body.
Teeth and claws and tenacity: how Norway rats came to New Zealand
WEBSep 28, 2021 · Norway rats are large, tough animals adapted to cold, wet conditions. They are very good at swimming in cool water and digging burrows, but they are too heavy to be good at climbing. On...
Using DNA to trace the invasion of Norway rats and house mice …
WEBMar 8, 2022 · But where did the Norway rats and house mice in New Zealand come from? Our geneticist Lara Shepherd and colleagues from Manaaki Whenua Landcare Research, University of Waikato, and Place Management NSW have shed some light on this question by sequencing DNA from rodent bones from a 19th-century archaeological site in Sydney.
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