rodent
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The animals, native to South America, are the world's largest rodent, and thrive in wet marshland environments.
From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026
Those branches may have helped establish new reservoirs of Yersinia pestis in wild rodent populations.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 20, 2026
The bacterium still persists in natural rodent reservoirs in several regions.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 20, 2026
Lineage has already deployed odor-control spray systems, industrial air scrubbers, and fly and rodent traps.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
I’m a bad mouse, he thought, filled with gloom and guilt. l am a rotten rodent, not my relatives.
From "Ralph S. Mouse" by Beverly Cleary
Some of them are dodging rodents and pawning power tools just to stay afloat.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 1, 2026
The bacterium that causes the plague, Yersinia pestis, found among rodents such as marmots in the area.
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026
The viper, which has two hornlike projections on its snout, feeds mainly on rodents and ground-dwelling birds.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2026
Studies of modern plague systems have shown that changes in climate can strongly affect outbreaks among wild rodents, which act as natural hosts for the bacterium.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 20, 2026
She’d been a member of the state aerobatic team before the war, but she’d never had to deal with rodents landing on her head in flight before!
From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein
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