Mastacomys fuscus mordicus
1 Broad-toothed Rat at Thredbo, NSW
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| Mastacomys fuscus mordicus | DonFletcher | 4 Sep 2025 | ||
| Rattus rattus | CarbonAI | 4 Sep 2025 | ||
| Mastacomys fuscus mordicus | OtterTherapy | 4 Sep 2025 |
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4 Sep 2025
Hi @OtterTherapy , I see this was well up the hill away from the village, so hopefully there are no rodent baits being used near there. Therefore you might keep seeing these trusting native rodents that often act as if they have been tamed. If this was a Rattus rattus out in the open in daytime, that would mean it was sick, usually from baiting, but Broad Toothed Rats do move about in daylight to some degree. Most of all they need thick ground layer vegetation in which to construct their runways and to provide a space beneath the snowpack, so mowing and heaving grazing are bad for them.
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- Maps Kosciuszko National Park
- Places Thredbo, NSW
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- OtterTherapy NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands Mastacomys fuscus mordicus NSW Government Priority Species ACT threatened species Rats Rodents Mammals
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- 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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