| Broad-toothed mouse | |
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Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Rodentia |
| Family: | Muridae |
| Tribe: | Hydromyini |
| Genus: | Mastacomys Thomas, 1882 |
| Species: | M. fuscus |
| Binomial name | |
| Mastacomys fuscus Thomas, 1882 | |
Thebroad-toothed mouse orbroad-toothed rat (Mastacomys fuscus) is a species ofrodent in the familyMuridae.
It is found only in South-eastern Australia. InVictoria live specimens have been caught in theSnowfields,Great Dividing Range (toCooma in New South Wales),[2]Gippsland Highlands,Otway Ranges andWilsons Promontory. Specimens located inscats have been found in theOtway plains andEast Gippsland.[3] The species is also recorded inbuttongrasssedgeland up to 1000 metres in westernTasmania.[4]
Habitat preferences are areas ofherbfields,grasslands andforests with minimal shrubs but a dense covering of sedge, grass, herbs and moss, where precipitation does not fall below 1400 mm per year inalpine areas and others 1000 mm at loweraltitudes (DCNR 1995 pp. 208–210).
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