28/02/2026
Australian bush rats continue to be reintroduced to Sydney's parks
Reintroducing the bush rat (Rattus fuscipes) could benefit plants, native predators and help push out invasive black rats (Rattus rattus).
The bush rat doesn't like traversing our urban landscapes.
Bush rats have been shown to keep black rats from reinvading places the native species is re-established.
Black rats often like to nest in homes and eat your food, but bush rats prefer to avoid developed places.
Bush rats tend to live in dense, complex, vegetated, native bushlands.
Conservationists hope a smelly plan to reintroduce Australian bush rats into a nature reserve in Sydney this weekend could help repair urban ecosystems.
