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Recent Examples on the Web The extinct animal is also closely related to a living rat species, sharing around 95 percent of its genome with the Norway brown rat, according to the study. — NBC News, 9 Mar. 2022 Seoul spreads among and from the common brown rat—sometimes called a sewer rat, wharf rat, or Norway rat. — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 4 Mar. 2022 Some people speculate that the brown rat saved us from the plague. — Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic, 26 Apr. 2021 Pack rats, as well as their cousins the black and brown rats, don’t just collect sticks and seeds. — Sadie Witkowski, Smithsonian, 15 Nov. 2019 For comparison purposes, the modern brown rat is less than one foot in length and weighs approximately 8 ounces. — Fox News, 15 Feb. 2020 The dominant rat in New York City is the Norway rat, Rattus norvegicus, also known as the brown rat. — Charlie Hamilton James, National Geographic, 17 June 2019 Rattus norvegicus - the brown rat - is a destructive force in much of the world, wreaking ecological havoc, contaminating crops, vandalizing property and spreading as many as 35 diseases. — Author: Amanda Coletta, Anchorage Daily News, 28 Sep. 2019 Black rats weigh in at 4½ ounces and grow up to 5 to 6 inches long; adult brown rats weigh 9 to 10 ounces and reach up to 16 inches. — oregonlive.com, 27 Aug. 2019 See More

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