Rat (English Wikipedia)

Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Rat" in English language version.

Last modified: 05:43:16, 12 August 2026 (UTC)

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abc.net.au (Global: 120^th place; English: 70^th place)

"Creature Feature Rats". ABC.net.au. Archived from the original on 24 May 2015. Retrieved 23 May 2015.

adsabs.harvard.edu (Global: 14^th place; English: 9^th place)

ui.adsabs.harvard.edu

Meerburg, Bastiaan G; Singleton, Grant R; Leirs, Herwig (April 2009). "The Year of the Rat ends—time to fight hunger!". Pest Management Science. 65 (4): 351–352. Bibcode:2009PMSci..65..351M. doi:10.1002/ps.1718. PMID 19206089.
Stokes, Vicki L.; Banks, Peter B.; Pech, Roger P.; Spratt, David M. (2009). "Competition in an invaded rodent community reveals black rats as a threat to native bush rats in littoral rainforest of south-eastern Australia". Journal of Applied Ecology. 46 (6): 1239–1247. Bibcode:2009JApEc..46.1239S. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2664.2009.01735.x. hdl:2292/16454.
Aplin, Ken P.; Suzuki, Hitoshi; Chinen, Alejandro A.; Chesser, R. Terry; ten Have, José; Donnellan, Stephen C.; et al. (November 2011). "Multiple Geographic Origins of Commensalism and Complex Dispersal History of Black Rats". PLOS ONE. 6 (11) e26357. Bibcode:2011PLoSO...626357A. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0026357. PMC 3206810. PMID 22073158.
Gibbs, Richard A.; et al. (April 2004). "Genome sequence of the Brown Norway rat yields insights into mammalian evolution". Nature. 428 (6982): 493–521. Bibcode:2004Natur.428..493G. doi:10.1038/nature02426. PMID 15057822.

afrma.org (Global: low place; English: low place)

"AFRMA OFFICIAL RAT STANDARD". American Fancy Rat & Mouse Association. Retrieved 13 October 2020.

antarctica.ac.uk (Global: low place; English: low place)

"Preventing the introduction of non-native species to Antarctica". British Antarctic Survey. Archived from the original on 8 January 2015. Retrieved 17 January 2015.

apa.org (Global: 1,327^th place; English: 1,093^rd place)

"Animal studies in psychology". American Psychological Association. January 2017. Retrieved April 9, 2024.

bbc.co.uk (Global: 11^th place; English: 10^th place)

Padhy, Krupa (2 January 2020). "The communities on a mission to exterminate rats". BBC News. Retrieved 11 June 2025.

bbc.com (Global: 26^th place; English: 23^rd place)

Gill, Victoria (24 January 2015). "South Georgia rat eradication mission sets sail". BBC News.
Kadushin, Raphael (3 September 2020). "The grim truth behind the Pied Piper". BBC Travel.

blogspot.ca (Global: 4,580^th place; English: 2,794^th place)

scienceavenger.blogspot.ca

"Humans outdone by Rats for causing Extinctions". Science Avenger. 2007-12-05. Archived from the original on 19 January 2015. Retrieved 17 January 2015.

bloomberg.com (Global: 118^th place; English: 85^th place)

Clark, Patrick (2017-01-17). "The Most Vermin-Infested American Cities". Bloomberg. Archived from the original on 2017-01-18. Retrieved 2017-01-18.

books.google.com (Global: 3^rd place; English: 3^rd place)

Ebert, Roger (2008). Roger Ebert's Four-Star Reviews 1967–2007. Andrews McMeel Publishing. p. 637. ISBN 978-0-7407-7179-8. Remy, the earnest little rat who is its hero, is such a lovable, determined, gifted rodent that I want to know what happens to him next, now that he has conquered the summit of French cuisine.

cdc.gov (Global: 251^st place; English: 248^th place)

"CDC – Diseases directly transmitted by rodents – Rodents". Centers for Disease Control. 2011-06-07. Archived from the original on 2013-03-17. Retrieved 2013-03-15.

dcceew.gov.au (Global: low place; English: 9,521^st place)

"Predation by exotic rats on Australian offshore islands of less than 1000 km2 (100,000 ha) listing advice" (PDF). Government of Australia. Retrieved 16 February 2023.

doi.org (Global: 2^nd place; English: 2^nd place)

Meerburg, Bastiaan G; Singleton, Grant R; Leirs, Herwig (April 2009). "The Year of the Rat ends—time to fight hunger!". Pest Management Science. 65 (4): 351–352. Bibcode:2009PMSci..65..351M. doi:10.1002/ps.1718. PMID 19206089.
Stokes, Vicki L.; Banks, Peter B.; Pech, Roger P.; Spratt, David M. (2009). "Competition in an invaded rodent community reveals black rats as a threat to native bush rats in littoral rainforest of south-eastern Australia". Journal of Applied Ecology. 46 (6): 1239–1247. Bibcode:2009JApEc..46.1239S. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2664.2009.01735.x. hdl:2292/16454.
Meerburg BG, Singleton GR, Kijlstra A (2009). "Rodent-borne diseases and their risks for public health". Crit Rev Microbiol. 35 (3): 221–70. doi:10.1080/10408410902989837. PMID 19548807.
Capel-Edwards, Maureen (October 1970). "Foot-and-mouth disease in the brown rat". Journal of Comparative Pathology. 80 (4): 543–548. doi:10.1016/0021-9975(70)90051-4. PMID 4321688.
Aplin, Ken P.; Suzuki, Hitoshi; Chinen, Alejandro A.; Chesser, R. Terry; ten Have, José; Donnellan, Stephen C.; et al. (November 2011). "Multiple Geographic Origins of Commensalism and Complex Dispersal History of Black Rats". PLOS ONE. 6 (11) e26357. Bibcode:2011PLoSO...626357A. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0026357. PMC 3206810. PMID 22073158.
Vincent JA, Gabriel HM, Deardorff AS, Nardelli P, Fyffe RE, Burkholder T, Cope TC (November 2017). "Muscle proprioceptors in adult rat: mechanosensory signaling and synapse distribution in spinal cord". Journal of Neurophysiology. 118 (5): 2687–2701. doi:10.1152/jn.00497.2017. PMC 5672542. PMID 28814636.
Wanner, Samuel (2015). "Thermoregulatory responses in exercising rats: methodological aspects and relevance to human physiology". Temperature. 2 (4): 457–75. doi:10.1080/23328940.2015.1119615. PMC 4844073. PMID 27227066.
Mackenzie, SJ (2015). "Innervation and function of rat tail muscles for modeling cauda equina injury and repair". Muscle and Nerve. 52 (1): 94–102. doi:10.1002/mus.24498. PMID 25346299.
Bruneau, Amelia (2010). "Preparation of Rat Tail Tendons for Biomechanical and Mechanobiological Studies". Journal of Visualized Experiments. 41 (41): 2176. doi:10.3791/2176. PMC 3156064. PMID 20729800.
Milcheski, Dimas (2012). "Development of an experimental model of degloving injury in rats". Brazilian Journal of Plastic Surgery. 27: 514–17. doi:10.1590/S1983-51752012000400006.
Frohlich, Jennifer (2020), "Rats and Mice", Ferrets, Rabbits, and Rodents, Elsevier, pp. 345–367, doi:10.1016/B978-0-323-48435-0.00025-3, ISBN 978-0-323-48435-0, PMC 7258799, retrieved 2026-07-14
Lashley, K. S. (1929). Brain mechanisms and intelligence: A quantitative study of injuries to the brain. doi:10.1037/10017-000.^{[page needed]}
Matzel, LD; Sauce, B (October 2017). "Individual differences: Case studies of rodent and primate intelligence". Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Learning and Cognition. 43 (4): 325–340. doi:10.1037/xan0000152. PMC 5646700. PMID 28981308.
Katerji, Suhair (1 May 2009). "Expression of Msx1 and Dlx1 during Dumbo rat head development: correlation with morphological features". Genetics and Molecular Biology. 32 (2): 399–404. doi:10.1590/S1415-47572009005000041. PMC 3036941. PMID 21637698.
Gibbs, Richard A.; et al. (April 2004). "Genome sequence of the Brown Norway rat yields insights into mammalian evolution". Nature. 428 (6982): 493–521. Bibcode:2004Natur.428..493G. doi:10.1038/nature02426. PMID 15057822.
Watson, J. (2008). "New Building, Old Parasite: Mesostigmatid Mites--An Ever-Present Threat to Barrier Rodent Facilities". ILAR Journal. 49 (3): 303–309. doi:10.1093/ilar.49.3.303. PMC 7108606. PMID 18506063.
Engel, Peter M.; Welzel, J.; Maass, M.; Schramm, U.; Wolff, H. H. (1998). "Tropical Rat Mite Dermatitis: Case Report and Review". Clinical Infectious Diseases. 27 (6): 1465–1469. doi:10.1086/515016. PMID 9868661.

elsevier.com (Global: 365^th place; English: 372^nd place)

linkinghub.elsevier.com

Frohlich, Jennifer (2020), "Rats and Mice", Ferrets, Rabbits, and Rodents, Elsevier, pp. 345–367, doi:10.1016/B978-0-323-48435-0.00025-3, ISBN 978-0-323-48435-0, PMC 7258799, retrieved 2026-07-14

ensembl.org (Global: 630^th place; English: 326^th place)

"Genome project". www.ensembl.org. Archived from the original on 26 April 2006. Retrieved 17 February 2007.

epa.gov (Global: 961^st place; English: 595^th place)

"Identify and Prevent Rodent Infestations". epa.gov. United States Environmental Protection Agency. 2013-10-31. Retrieved 2019-12-05.

gbif.org (Global: 218^th place; English: 353^rd place)

"Bandicota Gray, 1873". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2024-03-10.

gov.ab.ca (Global: low place; English: 7,687^th place)

www1.agric.gov.ab.ca

"The History of Rat Control In Alberta". Alberta Department of Agriculture and Rural Development. Archived from the original on 25 September 2014. Retrieved 18 October 2014.
"Rat Control in Alberta". Alberta Department of Agriculture and Rural Development. Archived from the original on 26 September 2014. Retrieved 18 October 2014.

hakaimagazine.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

MacKinnon, J. B. (September 26, 2023). "In Defense of the Rat". hakaimagazine.com. Hakai Magazine. Archived from the original on October 3, 2023. Retrieved October 8, 2023.

hdl.handle.net (Global: 66^th place; English: 34^th place)

Stokes, Vicki L.; Banks, Peter B.; Pech, Roger P.; Spratt, David M. (2009). "Competition in an invaded rodent community reveals black rats as a threat to native bush rats in littoral rainforest of south-eastern Australia". Journal of Applied Ecology. 46 (6): 1239–1247. Bibcode:2009JApEc..46.1239S. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2664.2009.01735.x. hdl:2292/16454.

io9.com (Global: 4,391^st place; English: 2,871^st place)

Wilkins, Alasdair (19 November 2010). "Massive plagues of rats swarm across India every fifty years". io9. Io9.com. Archived from the original on 2013-05-21. Retrieved 2013-03-15.

issg.org (Global: low place; English: low place)

"100 of the World's Worst Invasive Alien Species". Global Invasive Species Database. Archived from the original on 27 February 2013. Retrieved 17 February 2013.
"Rattus rattus (mammal)". Global Invasive Species Database. Archived from the original on 20 October 2015. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
"Rattus norvegicus (mammal) – Details of this species in Alberta". Global Invasive Species Database. Archived from the original on 26 October 2014. Retrieved 18 October 2014.

itis.gov (Global: 241^st place; English: 478^th place)

"ITIS - Report: Bandicota bengalensis". www.itis.gov. Retrieved 2024-03-10.

jstor.org (Global: 23^rd place; English: 15^th place)

Taylor, R.H.; Thomas, B.W. (1989). "Eradication of Norway Rats (rattus Norvegicus) from Hawea Island, Fiordland, Using Brodifacoum". New Zealand Journal of Ecology. 12: 23–32. JSTOR 24053177.

kirkusreviews.com (Global: 933^rd place; English: 444^th place)

GREGOR AND THE CODE OF CLAW | Kirkus Reviews.

leptospirosis.org (Global: low place; English: low place)

"Information on other rodent-related diseases – Leptospirosis Information". Leptospirosis Information. Archived from the original on 2016-10-31. Retrieved 2016-10-31.

livescience.com (Global: 1,726^th place; English: 1,417^th place)

"Habits, Habitat & Types of Mice". Live Science. 26 June 2014. Archived from the original on 24 May 2015. Retrieved 23 May 2015.

lrb.co.uk (Global: 3,291^st place; English: 1,924^th place)

Wilsey, Sean (2005-03-17). "Sean Wilsey reviews 'Rats' by Robert Sullivan · LRB 17 March 2005". London Review of Books. Lrb.co.uk. pp. 9–10. Archived from the original on 9 February 2013. Retrieved 2013-03-15.

maine.edu (Global: low place; English: 9,584^th place)

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Allen, Chloe (2024). "Ewww, Rats: A Literature Review of Children's Books Including Rats". University of Maine at Farmington.

mammal.org.uk (Global: low place; English: low place)

"Species – Brown Rat". The Mammal Society. Retrieved 2024-03-10.

merckvetmanual.com (Global: low place; English: 7,397^th place)

"Merk Veterinary Manual Global Zoonoses Table". Merckvetmanual.com. Archived from the original on 2007-02-17. Retrieved 2006-11-24.

mousefreemarion.org (Global: low place; English: low place)

Cooper, John (2022-12-13). "Pioneering rodent eradication in the sub-Antarctic: the Campbell Island Rat Eradication Project". Mouse-Free Marion. Retrieved 2024-03-10.

mynorthwest.com (Global: low place; English: 5,823^rd place)

Klein, Stephanie (2014-10-17). "How to keep the rats from coming up through your toilet". Archived from the original on 2015-09-01. Retrieved 2015-08-23.

nationalgeographic.com (Global: 489^th place; English: 425^th place)

video.nationalgeographic.com

"See How Easily a Rat Can Wriggle Up Your Toilet". video.nationalgeographic.com. Archived from the original on 2015-08-21. Retrieved 2015-08-23.

newvision.co.ug (Global: 3,093^rd place; English: 1,741^st place)

Newvision Archive (2005-03-10). "Rats for dinner, a delicacy to some, a taboo to many". Newvision.co.ug. Archived from the original on 2012-09-22. Retrieved 2012-09-24.

nih.gov (Global: 5^th place; English: 5^th place)

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

Meerburg, Bastiaan G; Singleton, Grant R; Leirs, Herwig (April 2009). "The Year of the Rat ends—time to fight hunger!". Pest Management Science. 65 (4): 351–352. Bibcode:2009PMSci..65..351M. doi:10.1002/ps.1718. PMID 19206089.
Meerburg BG, Singleton GR, Kijlstra A (2009). "Rodent-borne diseases and their risks for public health". Crit Rev Microbiol. 35 (3): 221–70. doi:10.1080/10408410902989837. PMID 19548807.
Capel-Edwards, Maureen (October 1970). "Foot-and-mouth disease in the brown rat". Journal of Comparative Pathology. 80 (4): 543–548. doi:10.1016/0021-9975(70)90051-4. PMID 4321688.
Aplin, Ken P.; Suzuki, Hitoshi; Chinen, Alejandro A.; Chesser, R. Terry; ten Have, José; Donnellan, Stephen C.; et al. (November 2011). "Multiple Geographic Origins of Commensalism and Complex Dispersal History of Black Rats". PLOS ONE. 6 (11) e26357. Bibcode:2011PLoSO...626357A. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0026357. PMC 3206810. PMID 22073158.
Vincent JA, Gabriel HM, Deardorff AS, Nardelli P, Fyffe RE, Burkholder T, Cope TC (November 2017). "Muscle proprioceptors in adult rat: mechanosensory signaling and synapse distribution in spinal cord". Journal of Neurophysiology. 118 (5): 2687–2701. doi:10.1152/jn.00497.2017. PMC 5672542. PMID 28814636.
Wanner, Samuel (2015). "Thermoregulatory responses in exercising rats: methodological aspects and relevance to human physiology". Temperature. 2 (4): 457–75. doi:10.1080/23328940.2015.1119615. PMC 4844073. PMID 27227066.
Mackenzie, SJ (2015). "Innervation and function of rat tail muscles for modeling cauda equina injury and repair". Muscle and Nerve. 52 (1): 94–102. doi:10.1002/mus.24498. PMID 25346299.
Bruneau, Amelia (2010). "Preparation of Rat Tail Tendons for Biomechanical and Mechanobiological Studies". Journal of Visualized Experiments. 41 (41): 2176. doi:10.3791/2176. PMC 3156064. PMID 20729800.
Matzel, LD; Sauce, B (October 2017). "Individual differences: Case studies of rodent and primate intelligence". Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Learning and Cognition. 43 (4): 325–340. doi:10.1037/xan0000152. PMC 5646700. PMID 28981308.
Katerji, Suhair (1 May 2009). "Expression of Msx1 and Dlx1 during Dumbo rat head development: correlation with morphological features". Genetics and Molecular Biology. 32 (2): 399–404. doi:10.1590/S1415-47572009005000041. PMC 3036941. PMID 21637698.
Gibbs, Richard A.; et al. (April 2004). "Genome sequence of the Brown Norway rat yields insights into mammalian evolution". Nature. 428 (6982): 493–521. Bibcode:2004Natur.428..493G. doi:10.1038/nature02426. PMID 15057822.
Watson, J. (2008). "New Building, Old Parasite: Mesostigmatid Mites--An Ever-Present Threat to Barrier Rodent Facilities". ILAR Journal. 49 (3): 303–309. doi:10.1093/ilar.49.3.303. PMC 7108606. PMID 18506063.
Engel, Peter M.; Welzel, J.; Maass, M.; Schramm, U.; Wolff, H. H. (1998). "Tropical Rat Mite Dermatitis: Case Report and Review". Clinical Infectious Diseases. 27 (6): 1465–1469. doi:10.1086/515016. PMID 9868661.

ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

Aplin, Ken P.; Suzuki, Hitoshi; Chinen, Alejandro A.; Chesser, R. Terry; ten Have, José; Donnellan, Stephen C.; et al. (November 2011). "Multiple Geographic Origins of Commensalism and Complex Dispersal History of Black Rats". PLOS ONE. 6 (11) e26357. Bibcode:2011PLoSO...626357A. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0026357. PMC 3206810. PMID 22073158.
Vincent JA, Gabriel HM, Deardorff AS, Nardelli P, Fyffe RE, Burkholder T, Cope TC (November 2017). "Muscle proprioceptors in adult rat: mechanosensory signaling and synapse distribution in spinal cord". Journal of Neurophysiology. 118 (5): 2687–2701. doi:10.1152/jn.00497.2017. PMC 5672542. PMID 28814636.
Wanner, Samuel (2015). "Thermoregulatory responses in exercising rats: methodological aspects and relevance to human physiology". Temperature. 2 (4): 457–75. doi:10.1080/23328940.2015.1119615. PMC 4844073. PMID 27227066.
Bruneau, Amelia (2010). "Preparation of Rat Tail Tendons for Biomechanical and Mechanobiological Studies". Journal of Visualized Experiments. 41 (41): 2176. doi:10.3791/2176. PMC 3156064. PMID 20729800.
Frohlich, Jennifer (2020), "Rats and Mice", Ferrets, Rabbits, and Rodents, Elsevier, pp. 345–367, doi:10.1016/B978-0-323-48435-0.00025-3, ISBN 978-0-323-48435-0, PMC 7258799, retrieved 2026-07-14
Matzel, LD; Sauce, B (October 2017). "Individual differences: Case studies of rodent and primate intelligence". Journal of Experimental Psychology: Animal Learning and Cognition. 43 (4): 325–340. doi:10.1037/xan0000152. PMC 5646700. PMID 28981308.
Katerji, Suhair (1 May 2009). "Expression of Msx1 and Dlx1 during Dumbo rat head development: correlation with morphological features". Genetics and Molecular Biology. 32 (2): 399–404. doi:10.1590/S1415-47572009005000041. PMC 3036941. PMID 21637698.
Watson, J. (2008). "New Building, Old Parasite: Mesostigmatid Mites--An Ever-Present Threat to Barrier Rodent Facilities". ILAR Journal. 49 (3): 303–309. doi:10.1093/ilar.49.3.303. PMC 7108606. PMID 18506063.

npri.org (Global: low place; English: low place)

nj.npri.org

"Nevada Journal: Louts and the Rat World". Nj.npri.org. Archived from the original on 2013-05-20. Retrieved 2012-09-24.

ny.gov (Global: 1,386^th place; English: 642^nd place)

dec.ny.gov

"Questions and Answers Regarding New York State Pest Management Program". DOEC of NY State. Archived from the original on 2014-12-17. Retrieved 2014-11-24.

nytimes.com (Global: 7^th place; English: 7^th place)

Anthes, Emily (2024-01-23). "Even Rats Are Taking Selfies Now (and Enjoying It)". The New York Times. Retrieved 2024-11-19.

nzgeo.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

"Eradication—The Clearance of Campbell Island". New Zealand Geographic. Retrieved 2024-03-10.

pbs.org (Global: 260^th place; English: 176^th place)

"Rat Fact Sheet". Nature. Retrieved 2021-09-23.

pestcontrolcanada.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

"Bushy-Tailed Woodrat (Pack Rat)". Pest Control Canada. Archived from the original on 29 June 2017. Retrieved 8 August 2017.

predatorfreenz.org (Global: low place; English: low place)

Guthrie, Kate (2020-03-22). "Rat eradication breakthrough — Breaksea Island 1988". Predator Free NZ Trust. Retrieved 2024-03-10.

prnewswire.com (Global: 546^th place; English: 310^th place)

"Rats! Chicago Tops Orkin's Rattiest Cities List for Sixth Consecutive Time". PR Newswire. 13 Oct 2020. Retrieved 16 May 2021.

ratbehavior.org (Global: low place; English: low place)

"How old is a rat in human years?". RatBehavior.org. Archived from the original on 12 June 2015. Retrieved 23 May 2015.
"Rat Tails". Rat Behavior and Biology. Retrieved 30 July 2020.
"Wild Rats in Captivity and Domestic Rats in the Wild". Ratbehaviour.org. Archived from the original on 2009-04-13. Retrieved 2009-07-04.

ratguide.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

Grant, Karen. "Degloving Injury". Rat Health Guide. Retrieved 30 July 2020.

reuters.com (Global: 38^th place; English: 30^th place)

Rosen, Yereth (2009-06-13). "Hawadax Island Is Rat-Free". Reuters. Retrieved 2024-03-10.

screenrant.com (Global: 160^th place; English: 112^th place)

Bachman, Mara (5 January 2021). "Stephen King's Graveyard Shift: The Story Behind The Movie's Maine Mill". Screen Rant. Retrieved 18 September 2025.

ted.com (Global: 2,839^th place; English: 2,020^th place)

"Video of Bart Weetjens talk on use of rats as odour detectors". Ted.com. 2 December 2010. Archived from the original on 2012-10-07. Retrieved 2012-09-24.

theglobeandmail.com (Global: 336^th place; English: 179^th place)

Giovannetti, Justin (26 November 2015). "On the frontlines of Alberta's war against rats". Toronto Globe and Mail. Archived from the original on 22 January 2017. Retrieved 8 August 2017.

theguardian.com (Global: 16^th place; English: 11^th place)

Maev Kennedy (2011-08-17). "Black Death study lets rats off the hook". The Guardian. London. Archived from the original on 2013-08-27. Retrieved 2013-03-15.
Barkham, Patrick (28 May 2019). "Seabirds treble on Lundy after island is declared rat-free". The Guardian. Retrieved 11 June 2025.

thehill.com (Global: 469^th place; English: 252^nd place)

Guzman, Joseph (11 May 2021). "1,000 feral cats released onto Chicago streets to tackle rat explosion". The Hill. Retrieved 16 May 2021.

thrillist.com (Global: 4,351^st place; English: 2,497^th place)

Mench, Chris (4 February 2022). "New York City's Rats Could Have Their Own Strain of COVID-19". Thrillist. Archived from the original on 5 February 2022. Retrieved 8 February 2022.

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