Bush Rat
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For the African bush rats, see Aethomys.
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Muridae |
| Subfamily: | Murinae |
| Genus: | Rattus |
| Species: | R. fuscipes |
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| Rattus fuscipes (Waterhouse, 1839) |
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| Distribution on subspecies-level: red=R. f. fuscipes; green=R. f. greyi, blue=R. f. assimilis, brown=R. f. coracius | |
The bush rat (Rattus fuscipes) is a small Australian nocturnal animal. It is an omnivore. It is one of the most common species of rats and is found in many heathland areas of Victoria and NSW. Adult bush rats are smaller than the Australian swamp rat, (Rattus lutreolus), and in addition, the bush rat's foot pads are a pink colour, whereas the swamp rat's foot pads are dark brown.[1]
Bush rats first arrived in Australia in the second wave of rodent migration, around two million years ago.[2][not in citation given]
[edit] Notes and references
- Baillie (1996). Rattus fuscipes. 2006. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. www.iucnredlist.org. Retrieved on 12 May 2006.
- "Bush Rat Fact File". Wildlife of Sydney, Australian Museum. Archived from the original on 5 January 2005. http://web.archive.org/web/20050105192435/http://faunanet.gov.au/wos/factfile.cfm?Fact_ID=309. Retrieved 14 February 2005.
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