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bush rat

species of mammal
Taxon taxon Q28970

Facts

13 properties
Instance of
taxon
Short name
R. fuscipes[9]
Endemic to
mainland Australia, Kangaroo Island[5][6]
IUCN conservation status
Least Concern[3]
Litter size
5.0
Longest observed lifespan
5.3
Mass
4.0[13]
Parent taxon
Rattus[4]
Taxon author citation
(Waterhouse, 1839)
Taxon common name
Bush Rat, Australian Bush Rat, Australische Buschratte[10][11][12]
Taxon name
Rattus fuscipes[7]
Taxon rank
species[2]
Taxon synonym
Rattus murrayi[8]
🏷️ Also known as
en Australian bush rat en bush rat en Rattus fuscipes ar جرذ داكن الساق de Rattus fuscipes de Australische Buschratte de Buschratte fi pensasrotta fr Rat du bush fr Rattus Fuscipes id Tikus semak ko 검은발습지쥐 pl Rattus fuscipes pl Szczur zaroślowy zh 澳洲灌木鼠
🔖 Identifiers · 23
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Rattus fuscipes2.JPG ↗
ADW taxon ID
Rattus_fuscipes
ASM Mammal Diversity Database ID
1003626
Australian Faunal Directory ID
Rattus_fuscipes
BOLD Systems taxon ID
104533
Catalogue of Life ID
6WSWL
Encyclopedia of Life ID
1179370
Fandom article ID
animals:Bush_Rat
Freebase ID
/m/056hl4
GBIF taxon ID
2439233
INaturalist taxon ID
44570
IRMNG ID
10941841
Show all 23 identifiers +11
ITIS TSN
585522
IUCN taxon ID
19333
MSW ID
13001744
NCBI taxonomy ID
10119
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007293917105171
Observation.org taxon ID
87071
Open Tree of Life ID
271553
Queensland Biota ID
741
Topic's main category
Category:Rattus fuscipes
Xeno-canto species ID
Rattus-fuscipes
Yale LUX ID
concept/585c88af-da2c-4acc-8290-63d71c95c7ef

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🔗 Connections
Endemic to 2
Kangaroo Island, mainland Australia
IUCN conservation status 1
Least Concern
Instance of 1
taxon
Parent taxon 1
Rattus
Taxon rank 1
species
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Summary

bush rat is a taxon[1].

Related Entities

Kangaroo Island

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022.2. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . Wilson & Reeder's Mammal Species of the World. wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . IUCN Red List. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . Wörterbuch der Säugetiernamen - Dictionary of Mammal Names. wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . Wörterbuch der Säugetiernamen - Dictionary of Mammal Names. wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . Rattus fuscipes. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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