Black Rat at GG47
Identification history
| Rattus rattus | 27 Mar 2024 | DonFletcher | ||
| Rattus rattus | 26 Mar 2024 | CarbonAI | ||
| Unidentified | 26 Mar 2024 | Ct1000 |
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User's notes
I believe I have previously photographed this individual with a full tail... It was nesting in hollow log nest was made of a pile of grass... I have been assuming it's a brown rat but had limited angles to emphasise the distinguishing features. These images were taken with the animal up a gum tree of some kind. In a Grove of various native trees.
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DonFletcher
wrote:
27 Mar 2024
Only 3 rattus in area.
Short tail is indicative of R. fuscipes (bush rat) BUT tail may be missing a piece or not visible in images; Also Bush Rat hardly ever climbs and no longer occurs in urban area.
R norvegicus (Sewer Rat) is locally rare and doesn't climb much.
Long ears look like R.rattus (Black/Roof Rat) which climbs trees readily to forage for bird nests, fruit etc. SO R.rattus.
Short tail is indicative of R. fuscipes (bush rat) BUT tail may be missing a piece or not visible in images; Also Bush Rat hardly ever climbs and no longer occurs in urban area.
R norvegicus (Sewer Rat) is locally rare and doesn't climb much.
Long ears look like R.rattus (Black/Roof Rat) which climbs trees readily to forage for bird nests, fruit etc. SO R.rattus.
Ct1000
wrote:
27 Mar 2024
Ah thanks you for the information Don! I wasn't aware bushrats rarely climb trees and was unsure if there were any extant populations in Canberra. It's definitely missing a section of tail. I'd previously decided it was a black or brown rat not a bush rat because the tail was significantly longer than the body. It's very helpful to know that we only get r.rattus here too.
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Location information
- Coordinates 149.103375-35.326100
- Maps Red Hill Nature Reserve
- Survey points GG47
- Places Deakin, ACT
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- 1 Abundance
- 26 Mar 2024 08:18 AM Recorded on
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- Alive / healthy Animal health
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- Rattus rattus Scientific name
- Black Rat Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Exotic
- Non-Invasive
- Up to 1019.83m Recorded at altitude
- 110 images trained Machine learning
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