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Daintree Rainforest
Wildlife
photographed at Thylogale
by David & Diane Armbrust
Giant
White-tailed Rat (Juvenile)
Uromys caudimaculatus
The Giant White-tailed Rat is
restricted to Northern Queensland from just south of Townsville to the tip of
Cape York Peninsula. It is found in rainforest and closed sclerophyll forest at
all altitudes. It eats fruits, nuts, fungi, insects, small reptiles, amphibians,
crustaceans and bird eggs.
It is preyed upon by the Lesser
Sooty Owl, the Spotted-tailed Quoll, the Dingo, feral Cats and the Rufous
Owl.
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1998 David & Diane Armbrust
Thylogale Nature Refuge
AUSTRALIA
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