Thank you for this excellent and valuable educational video. Such a help to so many who may be unaware we even have native rats in Australia. Much appreciated. Love the background audio. Sharing!
Thanks Denise! Recently got some great night and day footage of the White-footed Dunnart, so I'll be doing a similar comparison exercise with that. Subscribe and stay tuned! You might also like 'The Pygmy, the Feathertail, the Bushfire & the Banksia' and 'Feathertail Glider Nest: How the smallest gliding mammal protects its home'.
Thanks! Glad it was helpful. Do note however that there's a misidentification towards the end. What I ID as an Antechinus (Antechinus stuartii) is in fact the related White-footed Dunnart. These are very common in the area but at the time I made this I was barely aware of the species and took what I was seeing as the Antechinus, which is predominant further north. See my later video on the White-footed Dunnart!
Very informative thank you, i have just got night vision of a bandicoot in my yard & this other critter that looks like a rat but holds its tail up, hoping its not a common brown rat
Well, as shown, the best diagnostic feature for black rats versus Bush Rat is, as shown, the tail length. Brown rats have a tail length slightly shorter than head-body and it's thick at the base. The Wiki article on Brown Rat is very good and includes illustration of the difference. I do have a bit of a soft spot for Brown Rats. When I was chief guide at the Australian Museum I kept a brown "fancy" one as an interpretive aid. Ben was on TV a couple of times and once shook paws with David Bowie! He's buried with all honours in the front garden.
Great video, thank you for the side by side comparison of the black rat and native rat, very helpful!
Very cute rat! The tiny ears and shorter tails are adorable!
excellent video, my resident bush rats are often seen scurrying about in broad daylight, not at all shy.
This is a really well commentated and structured video, this was useful to watch 👍🏻
Thanks Codee ... spread the word!
Thank you for this excellent and valuable educational video. Such a help to so many who may be unaware we even have native rats in Australia. Much appreciated. Love the background audio. Sharing!
Thanks Denise! Recently got some great night and day footage of the White-footed Dunnart, so I'll be doing a similar comparison exercise with that. Subscribe and stay tuned! You might also like 'The Pygmy, the Feathertail, the Bushfire & the Banksia' and 'Feathertail Glider Nest: How the smallest gliding mammal protects its home'.
Wonderful video addressing that most common question 'is this a rat?'
Lovely video; well done, Gavin
Very informative!
excellent video, thanks, ive been trying to work out what we have....
Wonderful as always
Thank you for the video, an excellent comparison.
Thanks! Glad it was helpful. Do note however that there's a misidentification towards the end. What I ID as an Antechinus (Antechinus stuartii) is in fact the related White-footed Dunnart. These are very common in the area but at the time I made this I was barely aware of the species and took what I was seeing as the Antechinus, which is predominant further north. See my later video on the White-footed Dunnart!
Very informative thank you, i have just got night vision of a bandicoot in my yard & this other critter that looks like a rat but holds its tail up, hoping its not a common brown rat
Well, as shown, the best diagnostic feature for black rats versus Bush Rat is, as shown, the tail length. Brown rats have a tail length slightly shorter than head-body and it's thick at the base. The Wiki article on Brown Rat is very good and includes illustration of the difference. I do have a bit of a soft spot for Brown Rats. When I was chief guide at the Australian Museum I kept a brown "fancy" one as an interpretive aid. Ben was on TV a couple of times and once shook paws with David Bowie! He's buried with all honours in the front garden.