Mammals
Rodents
Rats
Sighting 4385571

Rattus rattus

1 Black Rat at Narrabundah, ACT

Rattus rattus at Narrabundah, ACT - 3 Jul 2021 10:14 AM
Rattus rattus at Narrabundah, ACT - 3 Jul 2021 10:14 AM
Rattus rattus at Narrabundah, ACT - 3 Jul 2021 10:14 AM
Rattus rattus at Narrabundah, ACT - 3 Jul 2021 10:14 AM
Request use of media

Identification history

Rattus rattus 3 Jul 2021 MichaelMulvaney
Unverified 3 Jul 2021 RobParnell

Identify this sighting

Please Login or Register to identify this sighting.

User's notes

Seemed very sleepy. Just sitting in a chook shed in the dust and manure.

2 comments

MichaelMulvaney wrote:
   3 Jul 2021
Probably taken a bait
RobParnell wrote:
   5 Jul 2021
Probably right Michael. It transpired the next day and was buried in a brief ceremony under a magnolia tree. Four chooks attended, no relatives turned up. Hasn't put the chooks off their laying.

Please Login or Register to comment.

Location information

Sighting information

Additional information

  • Injured / sick 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
  • 185 images trained Machine learning
  • External link More information

Record quality

  • Images or audio
  • More than one media file
  • Verified by an expert moderator
  • Nearby sighting(s) of same species
  • GPS evidence of location
  • Description
  • Additional attributes
833,128 sightings of 22,967 species from 14,456 members
CCA 3.0 | privacy
NatureMapr is developed by at3am IT Pty Ltd and is proudly Australian made