Hydromys chrysogaster

Rakali or Water Rat at Yarralumla, ACT

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Identification history

	Hydromys chrysogaster	11 May 2020	DonFletcher
	Hydromys chrysogaster	11 May 2020	JBrickhill

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Not a good photo for identification, but diagnostic items seen: small ears, whiskers on nose, white tail tip. Seen swimming from Spinnaker island to southern shore of Lake Burley Griffin

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Sighting information

1 Abundance
11 May 2020 10:35 AM Recorded on
JBrickhill Recorded by
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JBrickhill Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Rats Rodents Mammals

Species information

Hydromys chrysogaster Scientific name
Rakali or Water Rat Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 1940m Recorded at altitude
343 images trained Machine learning
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