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Index of Subjects --089e013c6ab0516d4804d870479c Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Sandy, I find it highly improbable that there might be a self-sustaining population of any rat species on PEI other than the Norway Rat. I wonder though, if the rat you caught might have been an escaped or intentionally released pet of some description? Or perhaps an exotic species was unintentionally transported to PEI with a shipment of merchandise of some type? Was this the only one ever seen? Cheers, Ron On Thu, Mar 21, 2013 at 11:01 AM, Sandy Hiltz <birddog@ns.sympatico.ca>wrote: > The rat that I caught was in the mid 1970s. From memory this rat was about > the size of a Norway rat but > it was striking in its different appearance. The color of the under hair > was > brownish grey on its back rather than grey of the Norway rat > and had a light color to white underside. It had guard hairs similar to a > muskrat but more sparse. > There was a number of guard type hairs the length of the tail. That is all > I > can provide with regard to description and it is all from memory. > Everyone who saw this rat said they had never seen one like it before. > Sandy > > > > -- Ronald G. Arsenault Moncton, N.B. --089e013c6ab0516d4804d870479c Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Sandy,<div><br></div><div>I find it highly improbable that there might be a= =A0self-sustaining population of any rat species on PEI other than the Norw= ay Rat.</div><div><br></div><div>I wonder though, if the rat you caught mig= ht have been an escaped or intentionally released pet of some description? = =A0Or perhaps an=A0exotic=A0species was unintentionally transported to PEI = with a shipment of merchandise of some type? =A0</div> <div><br></div><div>Was this the only one ever seen?</div><div><br></div><d= iv>Cheers,</div><div><br></div><div>Ron</div><div><br></div><div><br><br><d= iv class=3D"gmail_quote">On Thu, Mar 21, 2013 at 11:01 AM, Sandy Hiltz <spa= n dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:birddog@ns.sympatico.ca" target=3D"_bla= nk">birddog@ns.sympatico.ca</a>></span> wrote:<br> <blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1p= x #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">The rat that I caught was in the mid 1970s. = From memory this rat was about<br> the size of a Norway rat but<br> it was striking in its different appearance. The color of the under hair wa= s<br> brownish grey on its back rather than grey of the Norway rat<br> and had a light color to white underside. It had guard hairs similar to a<b= r> muskrat but more sparse.<br> There was a number of guard type hairs the length of the tail. That is all = I<br> can provide with regard to description and it is all from memory.<br> Everyone who saw this rat said they had never seen one like it before.<br> <span class=3D"HOEnZb"><font color=3D"#888888">Sandy<br> <br> <br> <br> </font></span></blockquote></div><br><br clear=3D"all"><div><br></div>-- <b= r>Ronald G. Arsenault<br>Moncton, N.B. </div> --089e013c6ab0516d4804d870479c--
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