Illustration of Polynesian Rat (IMAGE)

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Illustration of Polynesian Rat

Caption

Illustration of Polynesian Rat, Rattus exulans from an article entitled 'On the New Zealand Rat. (With Illustrations.)', by Walter Buller, Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand, Volume 3, 1870, between pages 2 & 3. The Polynesian or Pacific Rat is known in New Zealand and other parts of Polynesia by the Polynesian word kiore.
 

Credit

Walter Buller, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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