- Bush Rat
Taxobox
name = Bush Rat
status = LR/lc
status_system = iucn2.3
regnum =Animal ia
phylum = Chordata
classis =Mammal ia
ordo =Rodent ia
familia =Muridae
subfamilia =Murinae
genus = "Rattus "
species = "R. fuscipes"
binomial = "Rattus fuscipes"
binomial_authority = (Waterhouse, 1839)
range_
range_map_caption = 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
Australia nnocturnal animal . It is anomnivore .It is one of the most common species of rats and is found in manyheathland areas of Victoria and NSW. Adult Bush Rats are smaller than theAustralian 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. [http://www.communitywebs.org/ScientificExpeditionGroup/pages/MinPic.htm]The Bush Rat is one of the
new endemic s, having naturalised in Australia in the second wave of rat migration. [http://www.parks.tas.gov.au/factsheets/wildlife/NativeRodents.pdf]Studies have been conducted by Holmsglen students in areas of Anglesea to calculate the impact fox baiting has on the population of the bush rat.
References
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* cite web|accessmonthday=February 14 |accessyear=2005
url=http://faunanet.gov.au/wos/factfile.cfm?Fact_ID=309
title=Bush Rat Fact File
work=Wildlife of Sydney, Australian Museum
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