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Sighting 4499023

Rattus rattus

2 Black Rat at Paddys River, ACT

Rattus rattus at Paddys River, ACT - suppressed
Rattus rattus at Paddys River, ACT - suppressed
Rattus rattus at Paddys River, ACT - suppressed
Rattus rattus at Paddys River, ACT - suppressed
Rattus rattus at Paddys River, ACT - suppressed
Rattus rattus at Paddys River, ACT - suppressed
Rattus rattus at Paddys River, ACT - suppressed
Rattus rattus at Paddys River, ACT - suppressed
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Identification history

Rattus rattus 30 Jun 2023 DonFletcher
Unverified 29 Jun 2023 jac

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7 comments

DonFletcher wrote:
   30 Jun 2023
what about the scale jac? Is this animal the size of a mouse, a rat, a rabbit or a wombat?
jac wrote:
   30 Jun 2023
I added another view and some more pics for comparison. There's the feral pig and the possum. I'd say size between rat and rabbit
DonFletcher wrote:
   30 Jun 2023
Hi jac, thanks, based on that I think it is a rodent. The possibilities at that location are Rattus rattus (introduced Black Rat or Roof Rat) in the first several places, then Rattus fuscipes (native bush Rat) a long way back, and finally Rattus norvegicus (introduced Brown Rat or Sewer Rat) but quite unlikely. So I put it down as R. rattus.

I had not seen your posts of the pig and the possum.
jac wrote:
   30 Jun 2023
Thanks for all that Don. I only added the pig and possum pics after first content for size comparison as we already know what they are!
AaronClausen wrote:
   16 Jul 2023
Hi guys, does this sighting have a location. Can you please edit.
jac wrote:
   16 Jul 2023
Hi Aaron. I updated the location
AaronClausen wrote:
   16 Jul 2023
Legend @jac thanks heaps

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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
  • 167 images trained Machine learning
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