Rakali or Water Rat at Belconnen, ACT
Identification history
| Hydromys chrysogaster | 13 Nov 2024 | MichaelBedingfield | ||
| Hydromys chrysogaster | 13 Nov 2024 | CarbonAI | ||
| Hydromys chrysogaster | 13 Nov 2024 | JimL |
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User's notes
Thought we saw one, then watched it come back, to then find out that there were two! Video captures on phone are better quality than photos at night, with one video showing diving in clear water and another showing the interaction between the two Rakali.
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Location information
- Coordinates 149.073181-35.233742
- Altitude 575.4m
- Maps Lake Ginninderra
- Places Belconnen, ACT
Sighting information
- 2 Abundance
- 12 Nov 2024 09:02 PM Recorded on
- JimL Recorded by
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Mammals Rats Rodents JimL Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr
Additional information
- Alive / healthy Animal health
- 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
- 299 images trained Machine learning
- External link More information
Record quality
- Images or audio
- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
- Description
- Additional attributes
