Species profile—Rattus sordidus (canefield rat)
Classification
Animalia (animals) → Mammalia (mammals) → Muridae (rats and mice) → Rattus sordidus (canefield rat)
Sighting data
Species details
- Kingdom
- Animalia (animals)
- Class
- Mammalia (mammals)
- Family
- Muridae (rats and mice)
- Scientific name
- Rattus sordidus (Gould, 1858)
- Common name
- canefield rat
- WildNet taxon ID
- 732
- Synonym(s)
- Mus sordidus
Rattus youngi
Rattus conatus - Alternate name(s)
- Sombre Downs rat
- Nature Conservation Act 1992 (NCA) status
- Least concern
- Conservation significant
- No
- Endemicity
- Native
- Pest status
- Disease Vector
Other resources
Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums (OZCAM) Atlas of Living AustraliaData source
This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=732
This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.
