Talk:Polynesian rat

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A fact from Polynesian rat appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 14 October 2004. The text of the entry was as follows: Did you know... that the Polynesian Rat is used to track human migrations across the Pacific Ocean? A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2004/October.

Re previous edit summary by Zappernapper back in December regarding lack of evidence that the Polynesian Rat eats bird eggs. This is well documented in New Zealand. See for instance this reference to its predation of Kākāpō eggs and this reference to its predation of Shearwater eggs on offshore islands of Northern New Zealand. Kahuroa 03:47, 10 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I am not sure of the purpose of a range map showing only part of their range? Is this perhaps their original distribution before spread by humans? Either the map should be removed or modified, or description elaborated. A source for the data used would help. --Tony Wills (talk) 00:01, 16 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]