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IN recent months a great deal has been written about the musk-rat in Britain, but too much attention cannot be focused upon its presence and the possibilities of its presence. Besides, a special scientific interest is attached to its story, apart from the economic problems to which it has given rise, for we are watching to-day, from its beginning, the development of an example of the untoward spread and destructiveness of an animal introduced into a new environment, which will take its place with the notorious examples of the brown rat in Europe and the rabbit in Australia.
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RITCHIE, J. The Musk-Rat in Britain. Nature 131, 385–387 (1933). https://doi.org/10.1038/131385a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/131385a0