Australian swamp rat

Australian swamp rat
Temporal range: Holocene to present
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Muridae
Genus: Rattus
Species:
R. lutreolus
Binomial name
Rattus lutreolus
(Gray, 1841)
An illustration of the Australian swamp rat published in John Gould's The Mammals of Australia

The Australian swamp rat (Rattus lutreolus), also known as the eastern swamp rat,[2] is a species of rat native to the coasts of southern and eastern Australia.

  1. ^ Burnett, S.; Menkhorst, P.; Ellis, M. & Denny, M. (2017) [errata version of 2016 assessment]. "Rattus lutreolus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T19343A115147713. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T19343A22440810.en. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Australian Swamp Rat". State of Victoria (Department of Education). 2015. Retrieved 31 December 2015.