The dusky rat, Rattus colletti, is a rodent in the family Muridae that is indigenous to Australia. It is found only on the monsoonal subcoastal plains of the Northern Territory. It was first described in 1904 by the British zoologist Oldfield Thomas. The Kunwinjku people of western Arnhem Land call it mulbbu, a name also applied to other rodents, and the article reports that it is eaten, according to Peterson Nganjmirra. It is prey for the Australian water python, Liasis fuscus, which also ranges across northern Australia.
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The dusky rat is eaten according to Peterson Nganjmirra
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