Swamp Rat

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Details

Name:
Swamp Rat

Scientific Name:
Rattus latreolus

Reference Number:
LLD-336

Description

Order Rodentia; Family Muridae; Scientific name: Rattus lutreolus; Common name: Swamp Rat – Distribution in Australia: found on eastern slopes of and east of Great Dividing Range between Gordonvale in the noth-eastern Queensland southwards through eastern New South Wales, southern Victoria to about Gawler in southern South Australia, and throughout Tasmania plus on adjacent offshore islands of all these states including the Fraser, Kangaroo, Flinders and King Islands.

Additional Details

Reference Number:	LLD-336
Scientific Name:	Rattus latreolus