Hydromys chrysogaster (Rakali or Water Rat)
The Australian water-rat (Hydromys chrysogaster) or Rakali is a genuine native rodent that was a natural part of our environment long before its pest cousins - the black rat and brown rat - arrived with the early colonists. The water-rat (also known as rakali) is an extremely attractive mammal. Its thick coat of soft fur, dense whiskers, blunt muzzle, partly webbed hind feet, and furry tail, all help create a resemblance to a miniature otter.
Hydromys chrysogaster is listed in the following regions:
Canberra & Southern Tablelands | Southern Highlands | Albury, Wodonga | South Coast | Far West New South Wales | Loddon Mallee | South West Western Australia
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Species information
- Hydromys chrysogaster Scientific name
- Rakali or Water Rat Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-Invasive
- Up to 1940m Recorded at altitude
- 222 images trained Machine learning
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Maps
ANBG Aranda Bushland Attunga Point Australian National University Bago State Forest Bullen Range Central Molonglo City Renewal Authority Area Commonwealth & Kings Parks Cotter Reserve Cotter Reservoir Fyshwick Sewerage Treatment Plant Gibraltar Pines Gigerline Nature Reserve Ginninderry Conservation Corridor Giralang Wetlands Googong Foreshore Googong Reservoir Gungahlin Pond Jarramlee Pond Jerrabomberra Wetlands Kambah Pool Kosciuszko National Park Lake Burley Griffin Central/East Lake Burley Griffin West Lake Ginninderra Lake Tuggeranong Lawson North Grasslands Lions Youth Haven - Westwood Farm Lower Cotter Catchment Lower Molonglo Lyneham Ridge Lyneham Wetland McKellar Wetlands Molonglo River Reserve Mongarlowe River Mount Ainslie to Black Mountain Namadgi National Park National Arboretum Forests O'Connor Ridge to Gungahlin Grasslands Pine Island to Point Hut Point Hut to Tharwa QPRC LGA Queanbeyan River Stirling Park Stony Creek Sullivans Creek, Acton Sullivans Creek, Lyneham North Sullivans Creek, Lyneham South Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve Umbagong District Park Wollondilly River Corridor & Walkway, Goulburn Woodstock Nature Reserve -
Survey points
Charlotte Pass - Kosciuszko NP Ginninderra Falls JER530: JWs - Silt Trap North JER550: JWs - Jerra Ck @ Board Walk TUG100: North-East Lake Tuggeronong -
Places
Acton, ACT Bannaby, NSW Barton, ACT Belconnen, ACT Binda, NSW Binjura, NSW Braddon, ACT Bredbo, NSW Broadway, NSW Budawang, NSW Bumbalong, NSW Bungendore, NSW Burra, NSW Bywong, NSW Campbell, ACT Canberra, ACT Carwoola, NSW Charleys Forest, NSW Charlotte Pass, NSW Clear Range, NSW Colinton, NSW Cooleman, NSW Cooma, NSW Coombs, ACT Coree, ACT Denman Prospect, ACT Dunlop, ACT Evatt, ACT Florey, ACT Fyshwick, ACT Giralang, ACT Goulburn, NSW Greenway, ACT Gungahlin, ACT Hackett, ACT Hoskinstown, NSW Jindabyne, NSW Karabar, NSW Kingston, ACT Kosciuszko National Park, NSW Kowen, ACT Latham, ACT Lyneham, ACT Macgregor, ACT Manton, NSW Marchmont, NSW McKellar, ACT Melba, ACT Molonglo Valley, ACT Mongarlowe, NSW Murrumbateman, NSW Murrumbucca, NSW Nanima, NSW Narrawa, NSW Nicholls, ACT Numeralla, NSW Nurenmerenmong, NSW Oaks Estate, ACT Oallen, NSW Paddys River, ACT Paddys River, NSW Parkes, ACT Pinbeyan, NSW Queanbeyan East, NSW Queanbeyan, NSW Rendezvous Creek, ACT Tennent, ACT Wallaroo, NSW Yarralumla, ACT Yarrow, NSW Yass, NSW
