| Dusky rat | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Muridae |
| Genus: | Rattus |
| Species: | R. colletti |
| Binomial name | |
| Rattus colletti (Thomas, 1904) | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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The dusky rat (Rattus colletti) is a species of rodent in the family Muridae.
It is found only in the monsoonal subcoastal plains of the Northern Territory, Australia.
Kunwinjku of western Arnhem Land call this animal Mulbu, a name applied to other rodent species. It is eaten (Reverend Peterson Nganjmirra, personal comment in Goodfellow, Fauna of Kakadu and the Top End, 1993).
References
- ^ Oakwood, M.; Zichy-Woinarski, J. (2008). "Rattus colletti". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016–1: e.T19326A22444443.
- ^ Jackson, Stephen; Groves, Colin (2015). Taxonomy of Australian Mammals. p. 213.
- Musser, G.G.; Carleton, M.D. (2005). "Superfamily Muroidea". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 1468. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.