Dusky rat | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Muridae |
Genus: | Rattus |
Species: | R. colletti
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Binomial name | |
Rattus colletti (
Thomas, 1904)
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Synonyms [2] | |
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The dusky rat (Rattus colletti) is an indigenous species of rodent in the family Muridae found in Australia.
Kunwinjku people of western Arnhem Land call this animal mulbbu, a name also applied to other rodent species. [3] It was first described in 1904 by British zoologist Oldfield Thomas. [4]
The rat is found only in the monsoonal subcoastal plains of the Northern Territory, Australia.
The dusky rat is eaten according to Peterson Nganjmirra [5][ page needed] and is prey to the Australian water python (Liasis fuscus) also ranging across northern Australia.
Dusky rat | |
---|---|
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Muridae |
Genus: | Rattus |
Species: | R. colletti
|
Binomial name | |
Rattus colletti (
Thomas, 1904)
| |
Synonyms [2] | |
|
The dusky rat (Rattus colletti) is an indigenous species of rodent in the family Muridae found in Australia.
Kunwinjku people of western Arnhem Land call this animal mulbbu, a name also applied to other rodent species. [3] It was first described in 1904 by British zoologist Oldfield Thomas. [4]
The rat is found only in the monsoonal subcoastal plains of the Northern Territory, Australia.
The dusky rat is eaten according to Peterson Nganjmirra [5][ page needed] and is prey to the Australian water python (Liasis fuscus) also ranging across northern Australia.