Black Rat at Lyons, ACT
Identification history
| Rattus rattus | 13 Sep 2021 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Unverified | 12 Sep 2021 | enjayjay |
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Antechinus in the veggie patch
2 comments
MichaelMulvaney
wrote:
13 Sep 2021
Sorry to be the bearer of bad tidings. The easiest way to tell a Black Rat from an antechinus is that the tail of the rat is much longer than the rest of the body while with the Antechinus the tails is about the length of the rest of the body.
DonFletcher
wrote:
13 Sep 2021
Hi enjayjay,
Black Rats are probably visiting most back yards, especially ones with chooks. People are usually unaware of them. So no need to put baits out just because of this photo. But if you do need to control rats in a veggie garden, and possums too maybe, you would generally be a lot more effective to instal a physical barrier, than to try killing rats year after year. And we have become increasingly aware that the commonest agents in rat baits are killing owls when the owls catch the slow rats.
Black Rats are probably visiting most back yards, especially ones with chooks. People are usually unaware of them. So no need to put baits out just because of this photo. But if you do need to control rats in a veggie garden, and possums too maybe, you would generally be a lot more effective to instal a physical barrier, than to try killing rats year after year. And we have become increasingly aware that the commonest agents in rat baits are killing owls when the owls catch the slow rats.
Location information
- Places Lyons, ACT
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
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enjayjay Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Rattus rattus Rats Rodents Mammals
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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