The bush rat or Australian bush rat[3] (Rattus fuscipes) is a small Australian nocturnal animal. It is an omnivore and one of the most common indigenous species of rat on the continent, found in many heathland areas of Victoria and New South Wales. While there are not many characteristics that readily distinguish the bush rat from other Rattus species, it is characterised by having small tympanic bullae and a straight incisive foramen. Adult bush rats are smaller than the Australian swamp rat (Rattus lutreolus) and in addition, the bush rat’s foot pads are a pink colour, whereas the swamp rat’s foot pads are dark brown.[5] The hair at the foot is short and pale in colour, subspecies Rattus fuscipes coracius is notably darker.[4] The feet are pentadactyl and all digits are clawed.[5] The tail is a pink shade of brown, almost free of hair, with scales that overlap and give an obvious ringed appearance.[4] The bush rat exhibits sexual dimorphism: the males are larger than the females in the species.[5] Their prominent eyes are large, and this distinguishes them from the narrower snouted Cape York species Rattus leucopus where their range overlaps. Reference: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bush_rat
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