The bush rat or Australian bush rat [3] (Rattus fuscipes) (Zak) 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 .

It is one of the most common indigenous species of rat on the continent, found in many heathland areas of Victoria and New South Wales. Bush rats have soft and dense fur which is grey-brown and red-brown with light grey-brown underparts. The tails of these animals are brown, grey, or black and are always slightly shorter than the body.

A native rat, the Bush Rat is grey-brown in colour with rounded ears and a relatively short tail. The Bush Rat has the following key features that help to distinguish it from other rats or marsupials:

One of the most common native rodents on the continent, Bush Rats have a range extending across coastal NSW, VIC, SA, WA and parts of QLD. Their preferred habitat is woodland, forest, and heath with dense undergrowth, rocks and logs for shelter and nest building. Bush Rats are not good climbers and unlikely to persist in urban areas.

Bushy-tailed woodrats can be identified by their large, rounded ears, and their long, bushy tails. They are usually brown, peppered with black hairs above with white undersides and feet. The top coloration may vary from buff to almost black. The tail is squirrel -like - bushy, and flattened from base to tip. [3][5]

It is a Bush Rat. Note: Bush Rats can have their tail as long (but not longer) as their body - which can overlap with a Black Rat if the Black Rat had a tail shorter than usual. Long, with a white tip, furred on the upper surface and naked underneath, and used to grip branches or held with the end slightly curled?

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.

The eastern woodrat (Neotoma floridana), also known as the Florida woodrat or bush rat, is a pack rat native to the central and Eastern United States. It constructs large dens that may serve as nests for many generations and stores food in outlying caches for the winter.

the rat with the sinister reputation as a disease carrier and general nuisance in urban areas. So, whatare the differences between our indigenous bush rat and the introduced black rat? The bush rat is a lotsmaller than the black rat, and it has rat is much more docile, I BUSH RAT longer hairs which give it a f luffy appearance, butthe most

These are shy rats, moving about at night. They eat plants, seeds, fungi and invertebrates. They make nests in soft soil burrows, rock crevices or fallen logs. They are restricted to native vegetation and avoid areas of human habitation. Bush Rats are close relatives of the Swamp Rat.