2 Black Rat at Paddys River, ACT
Identification history
| Rattus rattus | 30 Jun 2023 | DonFletcher | ||
| Unverified | 29 Jun 2023 | jac |
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7 comments
DonFletcher
wrote:
30 Jun 2023
what about the scale jac? Is this animal the size of a mouse, a rat, a rabbit or a wombat?
jac
wrote:
30 Jun 2023
I added another view and some more pics for comparison. There's the feral pig and the possum. I'd say size between rat and rabbit
DonFletcher
wrote:
30 Jun 2023
Hi jac, thanks, based on that I think it is a rodent. The possibilities at that location are Rattus rattus (introduced Black Rat or Roof Rat) in the first several places, then Rattus fuscipes (native bush Rat) a long way back, and finally Rattus norvegicus (introduced Brown Rat or Sewer Rat) but quite unlikely. So I put it down as R. rattus.
I had not seen your posts of the pig and the possum.
I had not seen your posts of the pig and the possum.
jac
wrote:
30 Jun 2023
Thanks for all that Don. I only added the pig and possum pics after first content for size comparison as we already know what they are!
Location information
- Maps Birrigai
- Places Paddys River, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
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Collections
jac 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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- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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