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    Details of this species in Aitutaki Is.
    Status: Alien
    Invasiveness: Invasive
    Occurrence: Reported
    Source: SPREP, 2000
    Arrival Date:
    Introduction:
    Species Notes for this Location:
    Ship rats (Rattus rattus) were trapped on the island (Alicata and McCarthy 1964). Rats a problem to copra crop, mangoes also troubled by rodents (Daniel 1978).
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    Last Modified: 6/01/2005 12:42:38 p.m.
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