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Walter Buller’s sketch of the Pacific rat (Rattus exulans)

Black and white sketch of 2 kiore Pacific rat (Rattus exulans)

Sir Walter Buller was a New Zealand naturalist. This illustration is from his article On the New Zealand Rat. (With Illustrations.), Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand, Volume 3, 1870.

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