Rattus rattus
4 Black Rat at Woodstock Nature Reserve
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| Rattus rattus | DonFletcher | 17 Jul 2022 | ||
| Mus musculus | Liam.m | 6 Jul 2022 | ||
| Antechinus agilis | Tyson | 17 Mar 2021 | ||
| Unverified | Tyson | 17 Mar 2021 |
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User's notes
Had a nice Burrow in thick vegetation about 10 meters off the Murrumbidgee.
2 comments
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.
17 Jul 2022
Actually three contenders. Add juvenile Bush Rat (R. fuscipes), but unlikely in that habitat.
Location information
- Coordinates 148.968374-35.228836
- Maps Woodstock Nature Reserve Ginninderry Conservation Corridor
- Places Holt, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 16 Mar 2021 10:53 AM Recorded on
- Tyson 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
- External link More information
Record quality
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3 / 7
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