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Species Rattus colletti (Thomas, 1904)

Dusky Rat

 

Generic Combinations

  • Rattus colletti (Thomas, 1904).

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory


IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

IBRA

NT: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Arnhem Plateau (ARP), Central Arnhem (CA), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Gulf Fall and Uplands (GFU), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Pine Creek (PCK), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB)

Ecological Descriptors

Burrower, diurnal, folivore, terrestrial, tussock grassland.

 

General References

Baverstock, P.R., Watts, C.H.S., Adams, M. & Cole, S.R. 1981. Genetical relationships among Australian rodents (Muridae). Australian Journal of Zoology 29: 289-303

Baverstock, P.R., Watts, C.H.S., Hogarth, J.T., Robinson, A.C. & Robinson, J.F. 1977. Chromosome evolution in Australian rodents II. The Rattus Group. Chromosoma (Berlin) 61: 227-241

Breed, W.J. & Sarafis, V. 1979. On the phylogenetic significance of spermatozoal morphology and male reproductive tract anatomy in Australian rodents. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 103: 127-135

Friend, G.R., Dudzinski, M.L. & Cellier, K.M. 1988. Rattus colletti (Rodentia: Muridae) in the Australian wet-dry tropics: seasonal habitat preferences, population dynamics and the effects of buffalo (Bubalus bubalis). Australian Journal of Ecology 13: 51-66

Madsen, T. & Shine, R. 1999. Rainfall and rats: Climatically-driven dynamics of a tropical rodent population. Australian Journal of Ecology 24: 80-89

Morrissey, B.L. & Breed, W.G. 1982. Variation in external morphology of the glans penis of Australian native rodents. Australian Journal of Zoology 30: 495-502

Redhead, T.D. 1979. On the demography of Rattus sordidus colletti in monsoonal Australia. Australian Journal of Ecology 4: 115-136

Taylor, J.M. & Horner, B.E. 1973. Reproductive characteristics of wild native Australian Rattus (Rodentia: Muridae). Australian Journal of Zoology 21: 437-475

Taylor, J.M. & Horner, B.E. 1973. Results of the Archbold Expeditions. No. 98. Systematics of native Australian Rattus (Rodentia, Muridae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 150: 1-130

Watts, C.H.S. 1982. The husbandry of Australian Rattus. pp. 177-179 in Evans, D.D. (ed.). The Management of Australian Mammals in Captivity. Proceedings of the Scientific Meeting of the Australian Mammal Society, Healesville, Victoria, February 1979. Melbourne : Zoological Board of Victoria 194 pp.

Watts, C.H.S. & Aslin, H.J. 1981. The Rodents of Australia. Sydney : Angus & Robertson xii 321 pp. 16 pls.

Williams, C.K. 1987. Water physiology and nutrition in fluctuating populations of Rattus colletti in monsoonal Northern Territory, Australia. Australian Wildlife Research 14: 443-458

Williams, C.K. 1995. Dusky Rat Rattus colletti. pp. 648-649 in Strahan, R. (ed.). The Mammals of Australia: The National Photographic Index of Australian Wildlife. Sydney : Reed New Holland 756 pp.

 

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.
Published As part of group Action Date Action Type Compiler(s)
04-Feb-2023 10-Dec-2010 MOVED
10-Dec-2010 10-Dec-2010 MODIFIED
12-Feb-2010 (import)