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The article currently blames the extinction on Black rats. But the larger Brown (Norwegian) rat is much more widespread, and much more likely to be a menace. Geo Swan (talk) 17:29, 7 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

It depends on the region where which rat species had escaped. I think St Helena was a place where predominately the Black rats became widespread. Here is text about the Black rats on St. Helena http://eprints.ru.ac.za/1130/01/Avifauna-St-Helena.pdf --Melly42 (talk) 19:42, 7 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I've removed the unsourced statements because "I think" is not a valid source and Wikipedia:Extraordinary applies. It seems we might have been caught in the same mistake as mentioned in the source, «The case of St. Helena should serve to emphasize graphically that it is unwise to make generalizations about island avifaunas, either terrestrial or marine, without knowing something of the nature of the fauna before the arrival of man». --Nemo 07:55, 1 September 2017 (UTC)[reply]