Rakali or Water Rat at Point Cook, VIC
Identification history
| Hydromys chrysogaster | 31 Oct 2024 | MichaelBedingfield | ||
| Hydromys chrysogaster | 31 Oct 2024 | WendyEM | ||
| Unverified | 30 Oct 2024 | BirdoMatt |
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User's notes
Rakali / Water-Rat swimming / foraging in creek
5 comments
MichaelBedingfield
wrote:
31 Oct 2024
Hi Wendy, can you please correct the GPS location, which is among the houses.
BirdoMatt
wrote:
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
MichaelBedingfield
wrote:
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
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Additional information
- Unknown Gender
- Alive / healthy Animal health
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
- Images or audio
- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
- Description
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