Bush rats have about five babies at a time, usually in spring and summer.

The only problem is that when it gets a bit colder you get the bush rats coming in.

He said he didn't care what some crazy old bush rat told him.

Other species observed at the time include the bush rat and the black tiger snake.

Both northern and southern islands support high density populations of bush rats.

Indian bush rat and three species of mongoose are also recorded in the national park.

The bush rat is found most in the coastal regions of southwestern Australia.

The bush rats once lived in Sydney but the last confirmed sighting was more than a century ago.

The bush rat doesn't show much overlap in diet with other local rodent species.

Occurring only in adult humans and wild bush rats, their function is unknown.

The bush rat is terrestrial and prefers areas with dense undergrowth.

The latter are believed to prey on bush rat and bull shinks.

The bush rat begins breeding around November and has litter sizes ranging usually between 4-5.

The island supports a population of the tammar wallaby and the bush rat.

Bush rats carry a parasite long overlooked by scientists.

The "nursery" of the bush rat is its burrow.

Brown antechinus, sugar glider, and bush rat are also known to visit flowers.

The bat-eared bush rat, said Sean and knew immediately that he had said the wrong thing.

The bush rat exhibits sexual dimorphism; the males are larger than the females in the species.

The bush rat is strictly nocturnal and is active year-round.

Bush rats are quite common around much of the wooded coast and ranges of Australia.

The little ginger moustache heightened Ronny's resemblance to a bush rat.

It may also have been displaced from its preferred habitat as a result of competition with the common Bush Rat.

Dr Warwick Grant was given money to study the bush rat.

"So we thought maybe we can use the same logic by taking black rats out and putting bush rats in."