Rattus rattus

Black Rat at Kambah, ACT

Rattus rattus at Kambah, ACT - 22 Jun 2021
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Identification history

Rattus rattus 23 Jun 2021 MichaelMulvaney
Rattus rattus 22 Jun 2021 MatthewFrawley

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Walked into my backyard to find my Cavalier King Charles Spaniel chowing down on this dead rat. Luckily I found her before she had ingested any of it.

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Additional information

  • Unknown Gender
  • Deceased Animal health

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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