This little one was found in a cats mouth! 😠no injuries, so that's good. in care and will be released.
KEEP YOUR CATS INSIDE!
Australian swamp rat - Rattus Lutreolus, also known as the Eastern swamp rat, is a species of rat that grows to have a body length of approximately 160 millimetres with a tail length of approximately 110 mm and a mass of about 120 grams.
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The preferred habitat of the swamp rat is thick vegetation along watercourses and in swamps. Dense vegetation of islands above the high water mark is also suitable. They can also live in area of coastal heath, dune scrub, grasslands and sedgelands. The rats will form tunnels through the vegetation through which they can move. The species tend to choose the habitat based on density of vegetation in the area.
The diet is vegetarian; consisting of reeds, seeds and swamp grass stems. During the summer months, the species will increase its intake of insects as well as fungi; however, during spring months the rats switch to eating an increased amount of seeds due to their abundance and possible nutritional value in breeding season.
Feeding
Behavior is partly nocturnal and diurnal so it is active during the day and at night. It is thought that the species does not collect the sufficient amount of food throughout the night and must also collect vegetation during the day.
Reproduction and Predation
The rats reached sexual maturity around August and started to breed come October. The species has a litter size ranging from one to eleven on average with a gestation period lasting around 23 to 25 days. Olfactory senses are used to smell certain species odors, allowing them to detect predators.
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