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Gambian pouched rats have become an [[invasive species]] on [[Grassy Key]] in the [[Florida Keys]],<ref>{{cite news |title=More huge Gambian rats found on Grassy Key |date=25 March 2012 |website=keysnet.com |url=http://www.keysnet.com/2012/03/24/433069/more-huge-gambian-rats-found-on.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120328043327/http://www.keysnet.com/2012/03/24/433069/more-huge-gambian-rats-found-on.html |archive-date=2012-03-28 }}</ref> after a private breeder allowed the animals to escape in the 1990s.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=Johnson|first=Terrell|date=June 3, 2014|title=Invasive Giant Rats Make a Comeback in the Florida Keys {{!}} The Weather Channel - Articles from The Weather Channel {{!}} weather.com|url=https://weather.com/science/nature/news/invasive-giants-rats-return-florida-keys-20140603|access-date=2022-02-25|website=The Weather Channel|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Florida tries to wipe out cat-sized African rats |work=[[Reuters]] |year=2007 |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-florida-rats-idUSN2430572020070524}}</ref> Starting in 2007, Florida wildlife officials have tried to eradicate it from Grassy Key, but it was still present {{As of|2014|lc=y}}, and has been sighted nearby on [[Key Largo, Florida|Key Largo]] and in [[Marathon, Florida|Marathon]], Florida.<ref name=":0" /> |
Gambian pouched rats have become an [[invasive species]] on [[Grassy Key]] in the [[Florida Keys]],<ref>{{cite news |title=More huge Gambian rats found on Grassy Key |date=25 March 2012 |website=keysnet.com |url=http://www.keysnet.com/2012/03/24/433069/more-huge-gambian-rats-found-on.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120328043327/http://www.keysnet.com/2012/03/24/433069/more-huge-gambian-rats-found-on.html |archive-date=2012-03-28 }}</ref> after a private breeder allowed the animals to escape in the 1990s.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=Johnson|first=Terrell|date=June 3, 2014|title=Invasive Giant Rats Make a Comeback in the Florida Keys {{!}} The Weather Channel - Articles from The Weather Channel {{!}} weather.com|url=https://weather.com/science/nature/news/invasive-giants-rats-return-florida-keys-20140603|access-date=2022-02-25|website=The Weather Channel|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Florida tries to wipe out cat-sized African rats |work=[[Reuters]] |year=2007 |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-florida-rats-idUSN2430572020070524}}</ref> Starting in 2007, Florida wildlife officials have tried to eradicate it from Grassy Key, but it was still present {{As of|2014|lc=y}}, and has been sighted nearby on [[Key Largo, Florida|Key Largo]] and in [[Marathon, Florida|Marathon]], Florida.<ref name=":0" /> |
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This outsized African rodent is also believed to be responsible for the 2003 Midwest monkeypox outbreak in the United States, after spreading it to [[prairie dogs]] that were purchased as pets. In 2003, the CDC and FDA issued an order preventing the importation of the rodents following the first reported outbreak of monkeypox. Around 20 individuals were affected.<ref>{{cite news |first=Michael |last=Conlon |date=2008-10-06 |title=Kids want an exotic pet? Ask your doctor first |work=[[Reuters]] |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUSTRE49576S20081006 |access-date=2008-10-06 }}</ref> |
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