Biology:Dusky rat
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Short description: Species of rodent
The dusky rat (Rattus colletti) is an indigenous species of rodent in the family Muridae found in Australia.
Name
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.
Range
The rat is found only in the monsoonal subcoastal plains of the Northern Territory, Australia .
Predation
The dusky rat is eaten according to Peterson Nganjmirra[4] and is prey to the Australian water python ((Liasis fuscus) also ranging across northern Australia.
References
- ↑ Oakwood, M.; Zichy-Woinarski, J. (2016). "Rattus colletti". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T19326A22444443. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T19326A22444443.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/19326/22444443. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ↑ Jackson, Stephen; Groves, Colin (2015). Taxonomy of Australian Mammals. p. 213.
- ↑ "mulbbu". Bininj Kunwok Regional Language Centre. https://www.njamed.com/#mulbbu.
- ↑ Reverend Peterson Nganjmirra, personal comment in Goodfellow's, Fauna of Kakadu and the Top End, 1993
- Musser, G.G.; Carleton, M.D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". in Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 1468. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494. http://www.departments.bucknell.edu/biology/resources/msw3/browse.asp?id=13001738.
Wikidata ☰ Q1762897 entry
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