Species profile—Rattus fuscipes (bush rat)
Classification
Animalia (animals) → Mammalia (mammals) → Muridae (rats and mice) → Rattus fuscipes (bush rat)
Sighting data
Species details
- Kingdom
- Animalia (animals)
- Class
- Mammalia (mammals)
- Family
- Muridae (rats and mice)
- Scientific name
- Rattus fuscipes (Waterhouse, 1839)
- Common name
- bush rat
- WildNet taxon ID
- 741
- Alternate name(s)
- allied rat
southern bush rat - Nature Conservation Act 1992 (NCA) status
- Least concern
- Conservation significant
- No
- Endemicity
- Native
- Pest status
- Disease Vector
Other resources
Data source
This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0.
https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=741.
This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.
