Rattus rattus
Black Rat at Mongarlowe, NSW
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| Rattus rattus | DonFletcher | 25 May 2025 | ||
| Rattus rattus | CarbonAI | 25 May 2025 | ||
| Rattus rattus | MartinPredavec | 25 May 2025 | ||
| Unverified | LisaH | 24 May 2025 |
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User's notes
I'm unsure as to whether this is a black rat or a native rat? The wildlife camera has caught the creature scurrying up and down this particular tree over a number of weeks.
2 comments
25 May 2025
I suggest its a black rat - the tail is long (longer than the head/body), the ears are large (the test is if folded forward they go past the middle of the eye - hard sometimes to determine from photos) and the head is pointed. Also black rats are very good climbers.
Location information
- Maps Mongarlowe River
- Places Mongarlowe, NSW
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- LisaH Recorded by
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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
Record quality
Quality score
4 / 7
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- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Description
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
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