Ornithorhynchus anatinus
Platypus at Cotter River, ACT
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| Ornithorhynchus anatinus | MichaelMulvaney | 23 Feb 2021 | |
| Ornithorhynchus anatinus | Ct1000 | 22 Feb 2021 |
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One possibly two platypus seen feeding at vanitys Crossing (gps didn't work and the map option doesn't show any of the roads nearby so my tagged location may be incorrect).
2 comments
23 Feb 2021
Thanks CT1000 - have fixed up location. We would be very interested in any platypus sightings upstream of Bendora Dam - as the last record in this section of teh Cotter River (in the ACT Government system) is from 1991 and there are concerns re the sedimentation that occurred in this stretch of the river following the recent fires
23 Feb 2021
I 85% believe I got one in the cotter dam. Just at a distance where the photo wasn't necessarily definitive. The behaviour fit but there was a lot of other wildlife activity at the same time. If guy send me some suggested roads/ routes to get access in the right part for bendora I'm happy to have a few goes at looking up there.
Location information
- Coordinates 148.889864-35.346213
- Maps Lower Cotter Catchment
- Places Cotter River, ACT
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
- 22 Feb 2021 07:17 PM Recorded on
- Ct1000 Recorded by
- Unknown Gender
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Species information
- Ornithorhynchus anatinus Scientific name
- Platypus Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1369.91m Recorded at altitude
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4 / 7
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- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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