Ozzie Otter
Profile, swimming		Murray Mallee Region
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Ozzie Otter (Hydromys chrysogaster)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
Copyright © 2011-2026 Brett & Marie Smith. All Rights Reserved. Photographed 25-Oct-2011
This species is classed as NT (Near Threatened) in the Murray Mallee, SA, by DENR (Regional Species Status Assessments, July 2010)