{"id":530,"date":"2012-06-19T13:52:07","date_gmt":"2012-06-19T17:52:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/209.240.158.253\/wordpress\/?p=530"},"modified":"2022-10-05T10:49:23","modified_gmt":"2022-10-05T14:49:23","slug":"norway-rat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.northwoodscenter.org\/wordpress\/norway-rat\/","title":{"rendered":"Norway Rat"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Rattus norvegicus<\/em><\/p>\n<div>\n<div style=\"width: 470px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img class=\"lazyload\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27460%27%20height%3D%27280%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20460%20280%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27460%27%20height%3D%27280%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-orig-src=\"http:\/\/www.northwoodscenter.org\/smaspecies\/images\/norwayrat2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"460\" height=\"280\" border=\"0\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">photo credit: en.wikipedia.org<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h2>ID<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Coarse fur<\/li>\n<li>Prominent, naked ears<\/li>\n<li>Nearly naked, scaly tail<\/li>\n<li>Brown upper parts with scattered black hairs<\/li>\n<li>Pale gray or grayish brown underparts<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Distribution<\/h2>\n<p>Most of North America. 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