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Black rat populations can increase exponentially under certain circumstances, perhaps having to do with the timing of the fruiting of the bamboo plant, and cause devastation to the plantings of subsistence farmers; this phenomenon is known as mautam in parts of India. [18] Black rats are thought to have arrived in Australia with the First Fleet ...
It begins with a rat population boom, which in turn creates a widespread famine in those areas. [2] During mautâm, Melocanna baccifera, a species of bamboo, flowers at one time across a wide area. This event is followed invariably by a plague of black rats in what is called a rat flood.
The best-known Rattus species are the black rat (R. rattus) and the brown rat (R. norvegicus). The group is generally known as the Old World rats or true rats and originated in Asia. Rats are bigger than most Old World mice, which are their relatives, but seldom weigh over 500 grams (1.1 lb) in the wild.
This list of mammals of India comprises all the mammal species alive in India today. ... Black rat (Rattus rattus) (Linnaeus, 1758) Sikkim rat (Rattus andamanensis ...
Pages in category "Rodents of India" The following 83 pages are in this category, out of 83 total. ... Black giant squirrel; Blanford's rat; Blyth's vole; Bower's ...
The best-known rat species are the black rat (Rattus rattus) and the brown rat (Rattus norvegicus). This group, generally known as the Old World rats or true rats, originated in Asia. Rats are bigger than most Old World mice, which are their relatives, but seldom weigh over 500 grams (17 + 1 ⁄ 2 oz) in the wild. [2]
Species: Rattus rattus (black rat / കറുത്ത ... "Cetaceans and cetacean research in India". Journal of Cetacean Research and Management. 12 (2): 159–172.
The greater bandicoot rat or Indian bandicoot rat (Bandicota indica) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae found in Bangladesh, China, India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam. It can grow to about 30–45 cm without including the tail which can grow to 28 cm.