Dusky rat
# Dusky rat

The dusky rat (Rattus colletti) is an indigenous species of rodent in the family Muridae found in Australia.

## Name

Kunwinjku people of western Arnhem Land call this animal mulbbu, a name also applied to other rodent species. It was first described in 1904 by British zoologist Oldfield Thomas.

## Range

The rat is found only in the monsoonal subcoastal plains of the Northern Territory, Australia.

## Predation

The dusky rat is eaten according to Peterson Nganjmirra and is prey to the Australian water python ((Liasis fuscus) also ranging across northern Australia.

