[NatureNS] Wood Rats

From: "Laurie Murison" <gmwhale@nbnet.nb.ca>
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I caught a beautiful, huge rat a couple of years ago on Grand Manan Island. 
It was light brown on the back with a light belly, twice the size of the 
next one I caught which was dark brown - caught in traps set outside in our 
BBQ during winter.

I was talking to a neighbour who is about half a kilometre from my house and 
he said this rat was probably the offspring of a domestic white rat that had 
escaped from him a number of years ago and the local Norway rats.  After the 
white rat was accidentally released, he started catching these larger light 
brown rats with white/light bellies.  Whether this is the case or not, it 
could be a possibility as Ron suggested.

Unfortunately the rat wasn't saved but the crows enjoyed it.

Laurie Murison
Grand Manan Island, NB

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Fred Schueler" <bckcdb@istar.ca>
To: <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca>
Sent: Thursday, March 21, 2013 12:35 PM
Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Wood Rats


> Quoting Ronald Arsenault <rongarsenault@gmail.com>:
>
>> 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?
>
> * or a hairy mutant of a Norway Rat?
>
> fred
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