Assertion: brown rat | /r/CapableOf | reach europe
Facets:
value: from the norwegian peninsula
type: LOCATION
value: in north america
type: LOCATION
Source sentences:
text: Most likely originating in Asia, the brown rat reached Europe in the mid-1500s and North America around 1750.
text: It came to Europe relatively late, probably around the 18th century, but when it did it spread extremely rapidly, and is still doing so today.
text: In any case, there is little evidence to support the claim that Norway rats came to Europe from the Norwegian peninsula, as reported by Castle in 1947 (Krinke 2000).