Mastacomys fuscus mordicus
1 Broad-toothed Rat at Kosciuszko National Park
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| Mastacomys fuscus mordicus | DonFletcher | 18 Mar 2024 | |
| Pseudomys fumeus | AshW | 6 Mar 2024 |
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User's notes
Is this a smoky mouse? Body ~10cm long, grey tail similar length, emerging from a grassy burrow by the upper Tumut River, inquisitive (came up to my boots as I was eating lunch).
2 comments
18 Mar 2024
Hi Ash W, lucky you. One of the most appealing local small mammals, Tooarrana or Broad Toothed Mouse, formerly called Broad Toothed Rat.
Location information
- Maps Kosciuszko National Park
- Places Jagungal Wilderness, NSW
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- AshW Recorded by
- Unknown Gender
- Breeding behaviour
- Alive / healthy Animal health
Collections
- AshW Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr ACT threatened species! Mastacomys fuscus mordicus Rats Rodents Mammals
Species information
- Mastacomys fuscus mordicus Scientific name
- Broad-toothed Rat Common name
- Sensitive
- Endangered *
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1804m Recorded at altitude
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