Hydromys chrysogaster

Rakali or Water Rat at Parkes, ACT

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Location information

• Coordinates 149.134893-35.288932
• Maps Commonwealth & Kings Parks Mount Ainslie to Black Mountain
• Places Parkes, ACT

Sighting information

• 1 Abundance
• 9 Aug 2020 03:28 PM Recorded on
• Untidy Recorded by

• Collections

  Mammals Rodents Rats Untidy Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr

Additional information

• Alive / healthy Animal health

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
• 299 images trained Machine learning
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