Dusky rat

The dusky rat (Rattus colletti) is an indigenous species of rodent in the family Muridae found in Australia.

Dusky rat
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Rodentia
Family:	Muridae
Genus:	Rattus
Species:	R. colletti
Binomial name
Rattus colletti (Thomas, 1904)
Synonyms[2]
Mus colletti Thomas, 1904

Name

Kunwinjku people of western Arnhem Land call this animal mulbbu, a name also applied to other rodent species.^[3] It was first described in 1904 by British zoologist Oldfield Thomas.^[4]

Range

The rat is found only in the monsoonal subcoastal plains of the Northern Territory, Australia.

Predation

The dusky rat is eaten according to Peterson Nganjmirra^{[5][page needed]} and is prey to the Australian water python (Liasis fuscus) also ranging across northern Australia.