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RE: Painted Snipe, Edithvale Wetlands, Vic

To: "Peter Shute" <>, <>
Subject: RE: Painted Snipe, Edithvale Wetlands, Vic
From: "Greg & Val Clancy" <>
Date: Thu, 6 Nov 2008 16:34:48 +1100
I wonder whether the rat is, in fact, a Black Rat Rattus rattus. The tail looks a little thin and long for a Brown Rat Rattus norvegicus. Black Rats are rarely black and have a tail longer than the combined head and body length. Brown Rats have tails about the same length as the head and body.


Regards

Greg Clancy



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