Bush Rat
Rattus fuscipes
- Class
- Mammal
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 1,267
- Most observed in
- 🇦🇺 Australia
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
The bush rat or Australian bush rat (Rattus fuscipes) 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.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Bush rat”.