Rattus rattus

Black Rat at Hughes, ACT

Rattus rattus at Hughes, ACT - 10 Apr 2018
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Identification history

Rattus rattus 23 Apr 2018 MichaelMulvaney
Rattus norvegicus 19 Apr 2018 ruthkerruish

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Regular invaders of our basement when the night temperature drops at the beginning of winter.

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Additional information

  • Unknown Gender

Species information

  • Rattus rattus Scientific name
  • Black Rat Common name
  • Not Sensitive
  • Exotic
  • Non-invasive or negligible
  • Up to 1019.83m Recorded at altitude
  • 116 images trained Machine learning
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