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Australian Swamp Rat
Rattus lutreolus (J.E.Gray, 1841)
Also calledAustralische Riedgrasratte (deu) · Australische Sumpfratte (deu) · Rat des marais (fra) · Ratto australiano di palude (ita) · australianniittyrotta (fin) · krysa bahenní (ces) · szczur błotny (pol) · Αυστραλιανός Βαλτοαρουραίος (ell) · Австралийская болотная крыса (rus) · جرذ المستنقعات الأسترالي (ara) · ヌマクマネズミ (jpn)
First described in: In G. Gray, App. C in Jour. Two Exped. Aust. vol.II p.409
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
discussion
Discussion: Rattus fuscipes species group. Watts and Aslin (1981) provided comprehensive discussion of the species. Gross and microscopic anatomy of gastrointestinal tract described by Meulman et al. (1999). Reviewed by Mahoney and Richardson (1988) and Lunney (1995 b). See Taylor and Calaby (1988 b, Mammalian Species, 299).
Order Rodentia - Family Muridae
distribution
Distribution: Tasmania (Rounsevell et al., 1991); coastal and subcoastal habitats from vicinity of Adelaide in SE South Australia east and north through S Victoria, New South Wales to SE Queensland, with isolated populations in N Queensland; also on Kangaroo Isl off coast of South Australia (Lunney, 1995 b: 656; Robinson et al., 2000; Seebeck, 1995 d: 227; Taylor and Horner, 1973: 53; Watts and Aslin, 1981: 231).
Order Rodentia - Family Muridae
materials_examined
Type Locality: Australia, New South Wales, Hunter River, Moscheto Isl (as restricted by Thomas’ lectotype selection; see Mahoney and Richardson, 1988: 184).
Order Rodentia - Family Muridae
discussion
COMMENTS: Watts and Aslin (1981) provided a comprehensive discussion of the species. See Taylor and Calaby (1988 b, Mammalian Species, 299).
Order Rodentia - Family Muridae
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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2439240.