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The bush rat or Australian bush rat [3] (Rattus fuscipes) (Zak) is a small Australian nocturnal animal. It is an omnivore and one of the most common indigenous species of rat on the continent, found in many heathland areas of Victoria and New South Wales .
This is a list of rodents of Australia. [1] [2] Australia has a large number of indigenous rodents, all from the family Muridae.The "Old endemics" group are member of tribe Hydromyini, which reached Australasia between 11 – 9 million years ago from Asia, while the "New endemics", members of the tribe Rattini, are presumed to have arrived more recently, between 4 – 3 million years ago, also ...
Pseudomys shortridgei (heath rat) Subfamily Murinae. Mus musculus (house mouse) introduced; Rattus fuscipes (bush rat) Rattus lutreolus (swamp rat) Rattus norvegicus (brown rat) introduced; Rattus rattus (black rat) introduced; Rattus tunneyi (pale field-rat) locally extinct; Rattus villosissimus (long-haired rat)
Also, faunal surveys (using remote cameras and hair funnel traps) conducted by citizen scientists (staff and students from the University of Wollongong) since 2014 have revealed the following common native species in abundance: swamp wallaby (Wallabia bicolor), bush rat (Rattus fuscipes), Eastern swamp rat (Rattus lutreolus), brown antechinus ...
Genus: Rattus. Bush rat, Rattus fuscipes LR/lc; Australian swamp rat, Rattus lutreolus LR/lc; Brown rat, Rattus norvegicus LR/lc introduced; Black rat, Rattus rattus LR/lc introduced; Dusky field rat, Rattus sordidus LR/nt; Pale field rat, Rattus tunneyi LR/nt; Long-haired rat, Rattus villosissimus LR/lc
An illustration of the Australian swamp rat published in John Gould's The Mammals of Australia The Australian swamp rat ( Rattus lutreolus ), also known as the eastern swamp rat , [ 2 ] is a species of rat native to the coasts of southern and eastern Australia .
The mammal species in the National Park include the western grey kangaroo (Macropus fuliginosus), brushtail possum (Trichosurus vulpecular), pygmy possum (Cercartetus concinnus), mardo (or yellow-footed antechinus – Antechinus flavipes leucogaster), mooti (or bush rat – Rattus fuscipes fuscipes), quenda (or southern brown bandicoot ...
The area under protection is considered significant for the following reasons: 'a group of small islands utilised by seabirds and the Australian sea lion' and the 'North Island supports a population of the southern bush rat (RATTUS FUSCIPES).' The conservation park is classified as an IUCN Category Ia protected area.