Australian Dusky Rat

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

• Musser, G.G.; Carleton, M.D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). 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.