Rakali or Water Rat at Northam, WA
Identification history
| Hydromys chrysogaster | 22 Mar 2024 | michaelb | ||
| Hydromys chrysogaster | 22 Mar 2024 | CarbonAI | ||
| Hydromys chrysogaster | 22 Mar 2024 | Ladybird |
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User's notes
Observed near the riverbank and clearly identified as being a rakali. Rakali photo not the best given the speed of it swimming away. Footprint photos (taken later that morning on the other side of the river it swam toward) may potentially be a rakali but not certain.
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Location information
- Places Northam, WA
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 27 Feb 2024 07:00 AM Recorded on
- Ladybird Recorded by
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
- Up to 1940m Recorded at altitude
- 234 images trained Machine learning
- External link More information
Record quality
- Images or audio
- More than one media file
- Confirmed by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
- Description
- Additional attributes
