Norway rat records in Kentucky trace back to greenways, wooded river corridors, and the edges of state parks, sites where buildings and human activity meet otherwise natural land. NatureServe flags the species as exotic; it arrived with European settlement rather than being part of Kentucky’s native fauna.
September carries the largest share of the year’s 14 records, with scattered single counts elsewhere, a pattern that likely reflects pest-survey timing more than a true seasonal peak for an introduced species that can turn up near structures any time of year.
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