FILE - Rats swarm around a bag of garbage near a dumpster ... so ubiquitous in North American cities that theyre known as common rats, street rats or sewer rats. (AP Photo/Robert Mecea, File ...

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Los Angeles took second place and New York ranked third on the list. According to Palmetto Exterminators, the most common rat in South Carolina is the brown rat, which originated from Mongolia and ...