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    Details of this species in Eniwetok/Enewetak Is.
    Status: Alien
    Invasiveness: Invasive
    Occurrence: Reported
    Source: SPREP, 2000
    Arrival Date: c. 1951
    Introduction:
    Species Notes for this Location:
    Management Notes for this Location:
    Pacific rats may have been exterminated by the thermo-nuclear explosions. Extensive trapping on the islet shows that only R. rattus is now present (Jackson 1969 in SPREP, 2000).
    Location Notes:
    Last Modified: 1/08/2006 4:04:10 p.m.
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