Bush rat
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This article is about the Australian species. For other uses, see Bush rat (disambiguation).
The bush rat or Australian bush rat[3] (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.
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Bush rat | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Order: | Rodentia |
Family: | Muridae |
Genus: | Rattus |
Species: | R. fuscipes |
Binomial name | |
Rattus fuscipes (Waterhouse, 1839)[2] | |
Distribution on subspecies-level: red=R. f. fuscipes; green=R. f. greyi, blue=R. f. assimilis, brown=R. f. coracius |
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