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https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/15119| Title: | The presence of the black rat Rattus rattus on Fungus Rock (Maltese Islands) |
| Authors: | Borg, John J. Sultana, Joe |
| Keywords: | Rattus rattus -- Malta Rats -- Malta Rattus -- Malta |
| Issue Date: | 2003 |
| Publisher: | The Central Mediterranean Naturalist |
| Citation: | Borg, J. J., Sultana, J. (2003). The presence of the black rat Rattus rattus on Fungus Rock (Maltese Islands). The Central Mediterranean Naturalist, 4(1), 105-109. |
| Abstract: | The presence of Rattus sp. on Fungus Rock was first noted on 26th May 1988, when one of the authors (JS) visited the islet and collected droppings of rats. These droppings were also examined by Prof. P. J. Schembri (Biology Department, University of Malta) who confirmed that they probably belonged to rats and consisted mainly of woody vegetable fibres with some insect exoskeletal remains, mainly of beetles. During this visit it was also noted that rodents had eaten plants of the famed "Maltese Fungus" Cynomorium coccineum. |
| URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar//handle/123456789/15119 |
| Appears in Collections: | CMN, Volume 4, Part 1 CMN, Volume 4, Part 1 |
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