Australian swamp rat: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Australian swamp rat Rattus lutreolus Least concern

Where the Australian swamp rat lives – recorded in 1 country, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Recorded in (GBIF)Representative wild record

Pin and shaded countries are approximate. The pin is a representative wild sighting (a central record among 15,224 open-licence GBIF records), not an official range. Method · Records on GBIF · See mice, rats & other rodents on the world map

Scientific name	Rattus lutreolus
Group	Mice, rats & other rodents
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	1 country
Continents	Oceania
Mass	5.1 g (birth weight)
Class	Mammal
Order	Rodentia
Family	Muridae

Where does the Australian swamp rat live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the Australian swamp rat in 1 country or territory across Oceania.

Australia

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

How big is an Australian swamp rat?

Wikidata records the following for the Australian swamp rat: mass 5.1 g (birth weight).

Is the Australian swamp rat endangered?

The Australian swamp rat’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the Australian swamp rat?

The Australian swamp rat (Rattus lutreolus) is a mammal in the order Rodentia and the family Muridae, genus Rattus. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the Australian swamp rat

The Australian swamp rat (Rattus lutreolus), also known as the eastern swamp rat, is a species of rat native to the coasts of southern and eastern Australia.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Australian swamp rat (revision 1351531097), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q935477 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).