Rattus rattus
Black Rat at Undefined Area
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| Rattus rattus | DonFletcher | 17 Feb 2025 | |
| Rattus or Mastacomys sp. (genus) | DonFletcher | 27 May 2024 | |
| Rattus rattus | CarbonAI | 27 May 2024 | |
| Unverified | Paul4K | 27 May 2024 |
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Reviewing game camera images, not sure what this is.
2 comments
27 May 2024
Rat shaped. If it is rat-sized, not mouse-sized, then it will be either the native Bush Rat, Rattus fuscipes, or more likely the introduced Black/Roof Rat, Rattus rattus. The only difference between these species, that could be picked up in an image like this, is the ratio of tail length to head-body length. Rr has a tail longer than HB. But sometimes the thin end of a tail is not picked up in low res trail cam image
27 May 2024
Thanks, thought it was a rat Rr, initially but on revisiting images was unsure. Definitely rat sized.
Location information
- Maps Boro
- Places Borough, NSW
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- Paul4K Recorded by
- Alive / healthy 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
- External link More information
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- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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