Bush Rat

Closest Relatives at Blue Mountains National Park

Global Distribution

Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.

where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is)  ·  parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there

Parks Where Found

#	Park	Country	Probability
1	Booderee National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	10–20%
2	Lamington National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	10–20%
3	Great Otway National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	0–10%
4	Blue Mountains National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	0–10%
5	Springbrook National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	Insufficient data
6	Wilsons Promontory National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	Insufficient data
7	Kosciuszko National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	Insufficient data
8	Daintree National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	Insufficient data
9	Royal National Park	🇦🇺 Australia	Insufficient data

Quick answers

What are the chances of seeing a Bush Rat in Blue Mountains National Park?

About 6% of visitor-days record a Bush Rat sighting in Blue Mountains National Park, based on 9 observer-days of citizen-science data from GBIF.

When is the best time to see Bush Rat in Blue Mountains National Park?

February has the highest sighting rate for Bush Rat in Blue Mountains National Park in our monthly data.