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What's Going on With Rats in New York City?
New York City is overrun by just one kind of rat. Their lat name is Raddis Norvegicus, which would translate to the Norway rat. We don't exactly know why they have that name. The most likely story is that the British naturalist John Birkenhout mistakenly wrote that the rat had a ride in England from Norway.