Rakali or Water Rat at Yarralumla, ACT
Identification history
| Hydromys chrysogaster | 4 Jan 2026 | davidcunninghamwildlife | ||
| Hydromys chrysogaster | 4 Jan 2026 | TimL |
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A very brief sighting as the Rakali took off under water and surfaced briefly to enter a drainage pipe on the side of the lake.
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Location information
- Coordinates 149.124385-35.294797
- Altitude 563.1m
- Maps Lake Burley Griffin West
- Places Yarralumla, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 3 Jan 2026 11:35 AM Recorded on
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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
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