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Bush rat

Mammals

The bush rat, Rattus fuscipes, also called the Australian bush rat, is a small, nocturnal, omnivorous rodent and one of the most common native rats on the Australian continent. It is found along coastal regions of southern and eastern Australia and on some offshore islands, including Kangaroo Island, with populations concentrated in heathland areas of Victoria and New South Wales. The species was first described by G. R. Waterhouse in 1839 from a type specimen collected at King George Sound in Western Australia, and it is assessed as Least Concern by the IUCN. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Classification
Diet
Omnivore 1
System (Realm)
Terrestrial 1
Living or Extinct
Yes 2
Scientific Name
Rattus fuscipes 2
Conservation Status
Least Concern 1
Comparison
CITES Appendix
Not Listed 3
Connections

Child Taxon Of

Rattus, Taxa
Source Bush rat (Wikidata)

In Ecosystem

Heath, Ecosystems
Source Bush rat (Wikipedia)
In the Other Atlases

Found In

Australia

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Sources
1. Bush rat (Wikipedia)
  • Conservation status (IUCN Red List category stated in entity description)
    imen collected at King George Sound in Western Australia, and it is assessed as Least Concern by the IUCN.
  • Introduction
    The bush rat or Australian bush rat (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.
  • lead paragraph (habitat realm), EntityId 405927
    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.
  • In Ecosystem: Heath, Wikipedia intro: "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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2. Bush rat (Wikidata)
Wikidata
  • Wikidata Q28970 (P225 taxon name)
  • Statements section, conservation status (P141)
    IUCN Red List conservation status (Wikidata property P141): least concern.
  • Child Taxon Of: Rattus, Wikidata P171 (parent taxon) claim, rank=normal, target=Q36396 (Rattus)
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3. UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat): Species+: Mammalia
UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat)Species+ taxon_concepts, id 34
Quote, Species+ taxon_concepts, id 34
"cites_listing":"I/II/III/NC","eu_listing":"A/B/C/D/NC","higher_taxa":{"kingdom":"Animalia","phylum":"Chordata","class":"Mammalia","order":null,"family":null},"synonyms":[],"common_names":[{"name":"Mammifères","language":"FR"},{"name":"Mammals","language":"EN"},{"name":"Mamíferos","language":"ES"},{"name":"哺乳纲","language":"ZH"}],"cites_listings":[]
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UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat): Species+: Rattus
UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat)Species+ taxon_concepts, id 1084
Quote, Species+ taxon_concepts, id 1084
"active":true,"cites_listing":"NC"
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