Black Rat at Holt, ACT
Identification history
| Rattus rattus | 13 Jul 2023 | DonFletcher | ||
| Rattus rattus | 13 Jul 2023 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Rattus or Mastacomys sp. (genus) | 12 Jul 2023 | Valkias |
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1 comment
DonFletcher
wrote:
13 Jul 2023
Photo not so good to ID a rodent from but (a) it does not look at all like Mastacomys or Hydromys; (b) Rattus fuscipes does not enter backyards and has a shorter tail; and (c) all rats from Canberra suburbs have been Rattus rattus for 4 decades.
Location information
- Places Holt, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 - 3 Abundance
- 12 Jul 2023 09:45 AM Recorded on
- Valkias Recorded by
Additional information
- Unknown Gender
- Breeding behaviour
- Alive / healthy Animal health
Species information
- Rattus rattus Scientific name
- Black Rat Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Exotic
- Non-Invasive
- Up to 1019.83m Recorded at altitude
- 106 images trained Machine learning
- External link More information
Record quality
- Images or audio
- More than one media file
- Confirmed by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
- Description
- Additional attributes
