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Unwelcome companions: ancient rats reviewed

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Philip L. Armitage
Philip L. Armitage*
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The commensal rats — notably the black rat Rattus rattus and the brown R. norvegicus — are among mankind's most destructive and dangerous enemies, and have spread relentlessly with humans across the globe. A decade after an important ratty meeting at the Natural History Museum, London, in 1981, this noxious rodent pest is again reviewed.

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Antiquity , Volume 68 , Issue 259 , June 1994 , pp. 231 - 240
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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd. 1994

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