ID#: 2611
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This image depicts a Norway rat, Rattus norvegicus, that was photographed inside a Kansas City, Missouri corn storage bin. R. norvegicus is known to be a reservoir of bubonic plague, endemic typhus fever, rat bite fever, and a few other dreaded diseases.
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Content Provider(s): CDC/ H.G. Scott
Creation Date: 1965
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