Original: The Polynesian Rat, or Pacific Rat (Rattus exulans), known to the MÄ ori as kiore, is the third most widespread species of rat in the world behind the Brown Rat and Black Rat.
Simplified: The Polynesian Rat, or Pacific Rat (Rattus exulans), known to the MÄ ori as kiore, is the third most widespread species of rat in the world behind the Brown Rat and Black rat.