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Water Rat

Hydromys chrysogaster


Inhabits a great variety of aquatic environments.  Mostly nocturnal.  Forages in water and adjacent vegetation. Eats
fish, frogs and other small vertebrates as well as aquatic invertebrates.

A field Guide to the Mammals of Australia by Menkhorst & Knight

Classifications: Mammal
Family: Muridae
Information sources: Photo taken at Eungella by Marlis Schoeb

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