The dusky rat (Rattus colletti) is an indigenous species of rodent in the family Muridae found in Australia.
Name Kunwinjku people of western Arnhem Land call this animal mulbbu, a name also applied to other rodent species. It was first described in 1904 by British zoologist Oldfield Thomas.
Range The rat is found only in the monsoonal subcoastal plains of the Northern Territory, Australia.
Predation The dusky rat is eaten according to Peterson NganjmirraReverend Peterson Nganjmirra, personal comment in Goodfellow's, Fauna of Kakadu and the Top End, 1993 and is prey to the Australian water python (Liasis fuscus) also ranging across northern Australia.
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