Comments on: Rats: A Year With New Yorks Most Unwanted Inhabitants (Book Review) http://www.bhatt.id.au/blog/rats-a-year-with-new-yorks-most-unwanted-inhabitants-book-review/ Technology Reviews, Movies and TV Shows, Personal Finance, Politics, Environment, Books... Tue, 07 Feb 2012 06:08:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.5 By: Neerav http://www.bhatt.id.au/blog/rats-a-year-with-new-yorks-most-unwanted-inhabitants-book-review/#comment-1550 Neerav Mon, 10 Dec 2007 07:20:19 +0000 http://www.bhatt.id.au/blog/rats-a-year-with-new-yorks-most-unwanted-inhabitants-book-review/#comment-1550 After I spotted some rats scurrying around in Sydney's Hyde Park and near the train tracks at Central Station late at night I asked my friend Mark at the Australian Museum for details and he sent me this information about Australian Rats: <em>It's pretty straight forward. If it's a rat in suburban Sydney it's introduced - either a Black Rat (Rattus rattus)-longish ears, tail longer than the body, climbs) or Brown Rat (bad name as they can be many colours-this is the lab rat R. norvegicus) which has short ears, tail about the same length as the body, can be aggressive. </em> <em>The native Bush Rat, Rattus fuscipes is rarely if ever in suburban areas but will be found in bushland around the city. Its shy, has longer grey fur and a tail shorter than the body. There are pictures in Strahan's Mammal book. For websites-try the Vic museum one www.museum.vic.gov.au/infosheets or www.faunanet.gov.au/wos/factfile</em> After I spotted some rats scurrying around in Sydney’s Hyde Park and near the train tracks at Central Station late at night I asked my friend Mark at the Australian Museum for details and he sent me this information about Australian Rats:

It’s pretty straight forward. If it’s a rat in suburban Sydney it’s introduced – either a Black Rat (Rattus rattus)-longish ears, tail longer than the body, climbs) or Brown Rat (bad name as they can be many colours-this is the lab rat R. norvegicus) which has short ears, tail about the same length as the body, can be aggressive.

The native Bush Rat, Rattus fuscipes is rarely if ever in suburban areas but will be found in bushland around the city. Its shy, has longer grey fur and a tail shorter than the body. There are pictures in Strahan’s Mammal book. For websites-try the Vic museum one http://www.museum.vic.gov.au/infosheets or http://www.faunanet.gov.au/wos/factfile

]]> By: Sam http://www.bhatt.id.au/blog/rats-a-year-with-new-yorks-most-unwanted-inhabitants-book-review/#comment-1549 Sam Sun, 03 Jun 2007 11:14:04 +0000 http://www.bhatt.id.au/blog/rats-a-year-with-new-yorks-most-unwanted-inhabitants-book-review/#comment-1549 Well i got this book out because I wanted to understand rats a bit more, mainly because i had a phobia of wild rats. Basically it made me respect rats a bit more. It's a very funny and interesting read. Well i got this book out because I wanted to understand rats a bit more, mainly because i had a phobia of wild rats. Basically it made me respect rats a bit more.

It’s a very funny and interesting read.

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