What type of Rat is this?

[kiwigary]

Hi,

Caught this rat last night, does anyone no what type of rat it is.

It was caught near a waterway in the Waitakere Ranges (if that helps)

Thanks…Gary

[alanc]

Ship Rat - Long tail, big ears

[brcg]

Yup, Ship rat, (Rattus rattus), also known as black rat, roof rat, or house rat.
The easy test is: can you touch the rat’s eyes with its ears if you push the ears forwards? If you can, it’s a ship rat, if you can’t because the ears are way too small, it’s a brown rat.

[Kevin_trap]

Hope this will help.

[nellybelz]

This is great thank you, my boss and I were trying to work this out this afternoon. I’ll share this with her on Monday.