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DonFletcher wrote:

Yesterday

Hi @DallasCheryl , thanks for the record. Small mammals are hard to ID from photos and those photos, well let us say I have seen sharper, closer, clearer ones from every possible angle. Its long tail, long ears, and pale fur on the upperside of its feet make it looks like the non-native Rattus rattus but the other factor I'm going from is that no other Rattus has ever been found in the Canberra suburbs to my knowledge. We dont have Melomys down here. We have Rattus fuscipes well out in the bush away from the suburbs, Mastacomys fuscus high up in Namadgi and Hydromys chrysogaster in the lakes and rivers.

Rattus rattus

DallasCheryl wrote:

Yesterday

Reposted with 2 photos

Unverified Small Marsupial

DonFletcher wrote:

Yesterday

Hi DallasCheryl, thanks for your sighting. The media you provided is missing or unclear. To help us verify this sighting, please provide additional media.

Unverified Small Marsupial

DonFletcher wrote:

21 Jun 2025

But shape (eg arm size) looks sub-adult or young adult male

Osphranter robustus

DonFletcher wrote:

21 Jun 2025

Fur colour intermediate between typical male and female.

Osphranter robustus