Rattus or Mastacomys sp. (genus)
An unidentified rat species at Corunna, NSW
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| Unverified | LocalFlowers | 1 Oct 2018 |
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User's notes
David's shot of an animal and its burrow. There are three burrows the same size, the last photo is a day shot of the burrow, the burrow looks like coagulated lumps of soil like gravel, and the burrow is about 1.5m radius oval type size, with a hole in the middle of it. The animal had a long tale.
5 comments
2 Oct 2018
Thanks Max I appreciate that, thanks! - we thought it was too big for a rat, one person suggested it was a Poteroo but we thought that was unlikely. Did you get to see the habitat mound by chance - we had the thought that possibly the kind of burrow it has built might be a clue perhaps - this one is over near the rain forest section.
3 Oct 2018
THanks Jackie! How close to the water? This is reasonably close, as in, up the hill, but still a lot closer to the water than the other sections of the compartment - the description of the burrows you made fits with what we can see in the photo and Davd's description of what he saw
3 Oct 2018
OK thanks - its more than 20m, and it is definitely working the burrow, we can see that in the images, though some loss of quality may make that hard to see after upload.
5 Oct 2018
ok thanks - I think we could just tell the size by looking at other things that were photographed - we got some lyrebird footage, a wallaby and some wonga pigeons in the same shoot - I guess thats what we are using as a size reference - but yeah it was definitely hanging out at three burrows - great info as always Jackie thanks a million !
Location information
- Coordinates 150.110310-36.288570
- Altitude 55.0m
- Places Corunna, NSW
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
- 30 Sep 2018 09:39 AM Recorded on
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Species information
- Rattus or Mastacomys sp. (genus) Scientific name
- An unidentified rat species Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Cosmopolitan
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 998m Recorded at altitude
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Synonyms
Rattus sp.
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