United States Department of Agriculture: Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
United States Department of Agriculture Wildlife Services: Staff Publications
Document Type
Article
Date of this Version
2011
Citation
Chapter 16 (pages 381-410) in D. Pimentel, editor. Biological Invasions, 2nd edition. CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida, United States, 449 pages
Abstract
Contents
Introduction
Assessing impacts of rodents and other vertebrate invaders
Accounts of some important vertebrate invaders
Norway rat (Rattus norvegicus)
Roof rat (Rattus rattus)
Polynesian rat (Rattus exulans)
House mouse (Mus Musculus)
Nutria (Myocastor coypus)
Gambian giant pouched rat (Cricetomys gambianus)
Feral swine (Sus scofa)
Small Indian Mongoose (Herpestes javanicus)
Rock pigeon (Columba livia)
House sparrow (Passer domesticus)
European starling (Sturnus vulgaris)
Monk parakeet (Myiopsitta monachus)
Brown tree snake (Boiga irregularis)
Burmese python (Python molurus bivittatus)
Coqui frog (Eleutherodactylus coqui)
Sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus)
European and Asian carp (Cyprinidae)
Offshore Threats
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