Rattus rattus
Black Rat at Deakin, ACT
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| Rattus rattus | DonFletcher | 18 May 2019 | |
| Rattus norvegicus | LisaH | 18 May 2019 |
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User's notes
I think this is a headless rat, and guess it was dropped by a flying predator during the night?
1 comment
19 May 2019
Tail and build both too slender for Rattus norvegicus and white belly not typical. Length of tail indicates probably R rattus (Black Rat) rather than R fuscipes (Bush Rat), and urban location.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.095729-35.327381
- Maps Hughes Grassy Woodland Red Hill to Yarralumla Creek
- Places Deakin, ACT
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
- 16 May 2019 01:03 PM Recorded on
- LisaH Recorded by
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Species information
- Rattus rattus Scientific name
- Black Rat Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Exotic
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1019.83m Recorded at altitude
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