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    Détails de cette espèce dans Cayman Brac
    Statut: Exotique
    Statut d'envahissement: Envahissant
    Occurrence: Signalé(e)
    Source: Morgan, 1994 in Varnham, 2006; Burton, 2003 in Varnham, 2006
    Date d'introduction: 1503
    Mode d'Introduction:
    Notes sur l'espèce pour cette localité:
    Black rat, Rattus rattus, which most prabably arrived on vessels is present on Grand Cayman, Little Cayman and Cayman Brac (Morgan, 1994 in Varnham, 2006), especially in forested areas including otherwise undisturbed dry forests (Burton, 2003 in Varnham, 2006).
    Notes sur la gestion de l'espèce dans cette localité:
    Environmental Health Section of the Government maintains a rodent control program (Morgan, 1994 in Varnham, 2006) in populated areas only.
    Notes sur la localité:
    Impacts:
    Réduction de la biodiversité indigène: Black rat, Rattus rattus, is implicated in the extinction of a number of native species of small mammals, birds and reptiles (Morgan, 1994 in Varnham, 2006).
    Dernière mise à jour: 17/06/2008 9:57:30 a.m.
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