Black Rat - Rattus rattus - caught in trap. This is the rat that is a vector of Plague. Hand-coloured engraving published Edinburgh 1838 in William Ja

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Black Rat - Rattus rattus - caught in trap. This is the rat that is a vector of Plague. Hand-coloured engraving published Edinburgh 1838 in William Jardine Naturalist's Library series.

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