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Some facts about the
Australian swamp rat
Adult weight : 0.115 kg (0.253 lbs)
Maximum longevity : 4 years
Female maturity :79 days
Gestation : 27 days
Weaning : 25 days
Litter size : 5
Litters per year : 3
Weight at birth : 0.005 kg (0.011 lbs)
Weight at weaning : 0.025 kg (0.055 lbs)
Body mass : 0.109 kg (0.2398 lbs)
Australian swamp rat
Order : Rodentia
Suborder : Sciurognathi
Family : Muridae
Subfamily : Murinae
Species : Rattus lutreolus
The Australian swamp rat is listed as Least Concern (LR/lc), lowest risk. Does not qualify for a more at risk category. Widespread and abundant taxa are included in this category, on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
Namings for the Australian swamp rat
A young / baby of a Australian swamp rat is called a 'kitten, nestling, pinkie or pup'. The females are called 'doe' and males 'buck'. A Australian swamp rat group is called a 'colony, horde, pack, plague or swarm'.Countries
Australia
Facts about the Australian swamp rat
Rattus lutreolus is dark gray or gray brown on its dorsal surfaces and cream to brown on its ventral surface.
You will note however that the swamp rat Rattus lutreolus is in the same genus as the introduced black rat Rattus rattus and brown rat Rattus norvegicus – i.
Rattus lutreolus (, ) Rattus lutreolus is the Swamp Rat. (Full text)
1. Rattus, genus Rattus -- (common house rats; upper incisors have a beveled edge)Rattus
genus Rattus
(Source WordNet)