Rattus rattus

4 Black Rat at Woodstock Nature Reserve

Rattus rattus at Woodstock Nature Reserve - 16 Mar 2021 10:53 AM
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Rattus rattus 17 Jul 2022 DonFletcher
Mus musculus 6 Jul 2022 Liam.m
Antechinus agilis 17 Mar 2021 Tyson
Unverified 17 Mar 2021 Tyson

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Had a nice Burrow in thick vegetation about 10 meters off the Murrumbidgee.

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DonFletcher wrote:
   17 Jul 2022
Hell of a thing to ID a small mammal from a head only photo as far away as this one! (No photo of the tail, pads on the hind feet, or views from different angles. Ears blurry. Only rough indication of size by comparison with plant leaves etc.) But so far as we know, there are only two real contenders - juvenile Black Rat (R. rattus) and House Mouse (Mus musculus). (For example there is no New Holland Mouse there as far as we know.) And of those two I think probably the former. But this is only a tentative ID.
DonFletcher wrote:
   17 Jul 2022
Actually three contenders. Add juvenile Bush Rat (R. fuscipes), but unlikely in that habitat.

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