Rattus rattus
Black Rat at Yarralumla, ACT
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| Rattus rattus | DonFletcher | 18 May 2022 | |
| Rattus rattus | AlisonMilton | 17 May 2022 |
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User's notes
Odd to find two dead rats in close proximity?
3 comments
18 May 2022
There are many Black Rats about atm. Someone nearby will have been using baits. The affected animals tend to wander away from where they normally live before dying. At that stage they are easy prey. This example illustrates why baits containing secondary anti-coagulant toxins like Brodifacoum are a danger to owls and small raptors.
18 May 2022
I thought about baits but these were near Lake Burley Griffin. One near Nara Park and the other some distance from Albert Hall. The only place I could think of using baits would have been the Hyatt Hotel.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.124255-35.296920
- Altitude 568.1m
- Places Yarralumla, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 16 May 2022 03:11 PM Recorded on
- AlisonMilton Recorded by
- Deceased Animal health
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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
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