Native Rodent? ID

[Wing_Nut]

Found in the Perth metro area. It has quite a long tail, easily half again it's body size. Would anyone have an idea what this might be?

 

[princessparrot]

Almost looks like a little planigale(small marsupial) or some other carnivorous marsupial. Antechinus

 

[borntobnude]

rattus fuscipes Bush Rat .

 

[butters]

That last pic is of an antechinus. It's obviously a rodent so neither of the above pictures is it though given location it could be Rattus fuscipes as in the previous post. The pic just doesn't match the name.

 

[borntobnude]

That last pic is of an antechinus. It's obviously a rodent so neither of the above pictures is it though given location it could be Rattus fuscipes as in the previous post. The pic just doesn't match the name.

yes I know but as I copied the pic once I had it pasted I could not delete it but is gone now!!

 

[butters]

I figured you knew that just didn't want anyone else to think that was a photo of a bush rat.
Too many Dasyurids get mistaken for rats and killed as such.
It looks like a juvenile so could be one of the introduced rats as well. Hard to tell sometimes from a picture.

 

[Bluetongue1]

In my opinion the animal shown is a juvenile specimen of the Black Rat Rattus rattus. The size of the ears, the relative length of the tail, the dense fur covering and the degree of fur on the feet are indicative. As the animal ages the body becomes more slender and elongated, loosing rounded appearance it now has.

The tail of the Bush Rat Rattus fuscipes is slightly shorter than its head-body length, which excludes it as a possibly based on the written information given. Bush Rats do bear a striking resemblance to juvenile and sub-adult Black Rats. The Black Rat is a much more pleasant animal than its nasty cousin the Brown Rat Rattus norvegicus.

If ever in doubt as to whether you have dasyurid or a rodent, a quick check on the teeth will leave you in no doubt. Rodents have a single pair of large and continuously growing incisors in both the upper and lower jaw. Dasyurids have three incisors in the lower jaw and pointed teeth with sharp ridges along the sides of the jaw.

Blue

 

[Shotta]

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[Wing_Nut]

Thanks for the identification. I'm pretty satisfied you have hit the nail on the head Blue. It never ceases to amaze me what turns up in the kids bug traps.

Wing_Nut