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Sighting 3377415

Capra hircus

Goat, Feral Goat at Symonston, ACT

Capra hircus at Symonston, ACT - 30 May 2017 10:33 AM
Capra hircus at Symonston, ACT - 30 May 2017 10:33 AM
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Identification history

Capra hircus 31 May 2017 DonFletcher
Capra hircus 30 May 2017 JohnBundock

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4 comments

Mike wrote:
   31 May 2017
Is it fenced in now?
JohnBundock wrote:
   31 May 2017
Mostly but there is no gate on the track at the top of the quarry. I have not walked right around the fence , so I don't know if there are other openings.
JohnBundock wrote:
   6 Jun 2017
I was at Mugga Mugga 2 days ago and had another look at the fence. There are other places where there are wide gaps in the fencing and areas where a goat could easily get under a fence. This article from Canberra times suggests goats may have been there for some time:
http://www.canberratimes.com.au/act-news/canberra-life/tim-the-yowie-man-canberra-times-readers-still-in-the-grip-of-tom-roberts-fever-20160201-gmiguc.html
Mike wrote:
   6 Jun 2017
My photos of Apr 16 and Jan 17 were further north than this sighting so don't form a timeline. There is only the one goat as far as I know. It will have a good view of the filling in of the quarry.

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Species information

  • Capra hircus Scientific name
  • Goat, Feral Goat Common name
  • Not Sensitive
  • Exotic
  • Non-invasive or negligible
  • Up to 1501.71m Recorded at altitude
  • 91 images trained Machine learning
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  • Synonyms

    Capra aegagrus hircus
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