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SPECIES Rattus lutreolus

Author:J. E. Gray, 1841.
Citation:In G. Gray, App. C in Jour. Two Exped. Aust., II: 409.
Common Name:Australian Swamp Rat
Type Locality:Australia, New South Wales, Hunter River, Moscheto Isl (as restricted by Thomas’ lectotype selection; see Mahoney and Richardson, 1988:184).
Distribution:Tasmania (Rounsevell et al., 1991); coastal and subcoastal habitats from vicinity of Adelaide in SE South Australia east and north through S Victoria, New South Wales to SE Queensland, with isolated populations in N Queensland; also on Kangaroo Isl off coast of South Australia (Lunney, 1995b:656; Robinson et al., 2000; Seebeck, 1995d:227; Taylor and Horner, 1973:53; Watts and Aslin, 1981:231).
Status:IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).
Comments:Rattus fuscipes species group. Watts and Aslin (1981) provided comprehensive discussion of the species. Gross and microscopic anatomy of gastrointestinal tract described by Meulman et al. (1999). Reviewed by Mahoney and Richardson (1988) and Lunney (1995b). See Taylor and Calaby (1988b, Mammalian Species, 299).
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Synonyms:

    cambricus Troughton, 1937
    imbil Troughton, 1937
    lacus Tate, 1951
    pachyurus (Higgins and Petterd, 1884)
    petterdi (Trouessart, 1904)
    tetragonurus (Higgins and Petterd, 1884)
    vellerosus (Gray, 1847)
    velutinus (Thomas, 1882)

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