Ornithorhynchus anatinus

Platypus at Cotter River, ACT

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	Ornithorhynchus anatinus	23 Feb 2021	MichaelMulvaney
	Ornithorhynchus anatinus	22 Feb 2021	Ct1000

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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

MichaelMulvaney wrote:

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

Ct1000 wrote:

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.

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At least 1 Abundance
22 Feb 2021 07:17 PM Recorded on
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Mammals Monotremes Ct1000 Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr

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Ornithorhynchus anatinus Scientific name
Platypus Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 1369.91m Recorded at altitude
109 images trained Machine learning

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