| Dusky rat | |
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| Scientific classification   | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia | 
| Phylum: | Chordata | 
| Class: | Mammalia | 
| Order: | Rodentia | 
| Family: | Muridae | 
| Genus: | Rattus | 
| Species: | R. colletti | 
| Binomial name | |
| Rattus colletti (Thomas, 1904) | |
| Synonyms [2] | |
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The dusky rat (Rattus colletti) is an indigenous species of rodent in the family Muridae found in Australia.
Kunwinjku people of western Arnhem Land call this animal mulbbu, a name also applied to other rodent species. [3] It was first described in 1904 by British zoologist Oldfield Thomas. [4]
The rat is found only in the monsoonal subcoastal plains of the Northern Territory, Australia.
The dusky rat is eaten according to Peterson Nganjmirra [5] [ page needed ] and is prey to the Australian water python (Liasis fuscus) also ranging across northern Australia.