Rakali or Water Rat at Parkes, ACT
Identification history
| Hydromys chrysogaster | 28 Jun 2019 | MichaelBedingfield | ||
| Hydromys chrysogaster | 27 Jun 2019 | DGalwey |
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Rakali was in the distance so photo is not clear, but rakali was observed swimming from one bank to the other. I have observed and reported rakali at Lake Burley Griffin in the past. This one was on the other side of the causeway between Nerang Pool and LBG.
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Location information
- Coordinates 149.133996-35.290084
- Maps Commonwealth & Kings Parks Mount Ainslie to Black Mountain
- Places Parkes, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 - 3 Abundance
- 22 Jun 2019 03:19 PM Recorded on
- DGalwey Recorded by
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Mammals Rats Rodents
Additional information
- Unknown Gender
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
- 293 images trained Machine learning
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- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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