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Identification history
| Rattus or Mastacomys sp. (genus) | 27 May 2024 | DonFletcher | ||
| Rattus rattus | 27 May 2024 | CarbonAI | ||
| Unidentified | 27 May 2024 | Paul4K |
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User's notes
Reviewing game camera images, not sure what this is.
2 comments
DonFletcher
wrote:
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
Paul4K
wrote:
27 May 2024
Thanks, thought it was a rat Rr, initially but on revisiting images was unsure. Definitely rat sized.
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 23 Nov 2023 02:33 AM Recorded on
- Paul4K Recorded by
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NSW Government Priority Species
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