Polynesian Rat NZ - A black and white drawing of a mouse

Illustration of Polynesian Rat, Rattus exulans from an article entitled 'On the New Zealand Rat. (With Illustrations.)', by Walter Buller, Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand, Volume 3, 1870, between pages 2 & 3. The Polynesian or Pacific Rat is known in New Zealand and other parts of Polynesia by the Polynesian word kiore.