Hydromys chrysogaster
Rakali or Water Rat at Point Cook, VIC
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| Hydromys chrysogaster | MichaelBedingfield | 31 Oct 2024 | |
| Hydromys chrysogaster | WendyEM | 31 Oct 2024 | |
| Unverified | BirdoMatt | 30 Oct 2024 |
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Rakali / Water-Rat swimming / foraging in creek
5 comments
31 Oct 2024
Hi Wendy, can you please correct the GPS location, which is among the houses.
1 Nov 2024
Hello, is the comment for Wendy or me to change location? If for me not sure how i achieve this, thanks MAtt
1 Nov 2024
Sorry Matt. I misread who was the contributor. You can change the location by clicking on "Edit", then zooming in on the map. Click on the correct spot on the map, which would be one of the 2 water bodies.
Location information
- Coordinates 144.779699-37.898477
- Places Point Cook, VIC
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 26 Oct 2024 01:34 PM Recorded on
- BirdoMatt Recorded by
- Unknown Gender
- Alive / healthy Animal health
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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
- External link More information
Record quality
Quality score
4 / 7
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- Verified by an expert moderator
- Description
- Additional attributes
- More than one media file
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location