Ozzie Otter: Back, swimming

Class:

Animals (Animalia) - Chordates (Chordata) - Mammals (Mammalia)

Order:

Rodents (Rodentia)

Family:

Murid (Muridae) iNaturalist Observation

Species:

Ozzie Otter (Hydromys chrysogaster)

This Photo:

Back, swimming

Other names:

Native Otter, Rakali or Water-rat

Thank you Michal Sloviak for confirming the id of this species for us

General Species Information:
Found in the Murray Mallee SA, Riverland and possibly elsewhere
Credit to Colin Cook for the common name

This species is classed as

NT (Near Threatened)

in the Murray Mallee, SA, by DENR (Regional Species Status Assessments, July 2010)

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