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Image: Brown Rat family
Description
Brown Rat family
- Photographer:
- Kim Robertson
- Rights:
- © Kim Robertson
- Common name:
- Brown Rat
- Scientific name:
- Rattus norvegicus
- Family:
- Muridae
- Order:
- Rodentia
- Location:
- Monavale
- Date taken:
- 1 September 2010
Additional information
The introduced Brown Rat originates in SE Asia and is more elongated in the body than the native bush rats of Australia.
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