1 Inland Ringtail at Chapman, ACT
Identification history
| Austrolestes aridus | 16 Oct 2019 | HarveyPerkins | ||
| Austrolestes analis | 16 Oct 2019 | SWishart |
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Significant sighting
User's notes
Both very blue males, a little over an inch in length. I didn't see a female
3 comments
HarveyPerkins
wrote:
17 Oct 2019
Much more interesting than a Slender Ringtail - this is an Inland Ringtail. I've seen them uncommonly but widespread across the ACT a few years ago, but didn't record any last season. Still trying to work out how this species works in our region. Will be interesting to see if they show up more widely again this year.
HarveyPerkins
wrote:
17 Oct 2019
Just checked my records - all eleven sightings were in 2016-17 season, from 8 different widespread sites. All sightings were of 1-3 males except for one tandem pair at Hospital Creek, of all places. There's a very interesting story waiting to be sorted out here!
SWishart
wrote:
17 Oct 2019
Wow - I walk around there regularly and will keep an eye out for a female.
Location information
- Maps Cooleman Ridge
- Places Chapman, ACT
Sighting information
- 2 Abundance
- 16 Oct 2019 10:24 AM Recorded on
- SWishart Recorded by
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Significant sightings Insects Dragonflies & Damselflies (Odonata) Damselflies (Zygoptera) SWishart
Additional information
- 25mm to 50mm Animal size
- Male Gender
Species information
- Austrolestes aridus Scientific name
- Inland Ringtail Common name
- Sensitive
- Rare or uncommon native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Machine learning
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