🐭Rakali
The rakali, also known as the rabe, the "Australian otter" or water-rat, is an Australian native rodent first scientifically described in 1804. Adoption of the Ngarrindjeri name rakali is intended to foster a positive public attitude by Environment Australia.
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2016.
- Body mass
- 0.74 kg
- Body length
- 0.31 m
- Shoulder height
- not recorded
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- 7.29 years
Everything we know about the Rakali
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass0.74 kgCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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Figures vary
- 0.85 kgAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Body length0.31 mCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Brain mass4.33 gCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Maximum lifespan7.29 yearsCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 7.3 yearsAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Generation length2.26 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Age at maturity124 daysCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Gestation36 daysCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 36 daysAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Litter sizeabout 4COMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 3.8AnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Trophic levelCarnivoreCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Activity cycleCrepuscular / mixedCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Volume l0.7 LaverageDetails ↓Hide ↑
Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.
average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.
Not recorded for Rakali yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›classMammalia
- ›orderRodentia
- ›familyMuridae
- ›genusHydromys
- ›speciesHydromys chrysogaster
- classMammals · Mammalia
- orderRodents · Rodentia
- familyMuridae
- genusHydromys
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- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassSarcopterygii
- superclassTetrapoda
- classMammals · Mammalia
- subclassTheria
- superorderEuarchontoglires
- orderRodents · Rodentia
- suborderMyomorpha
- familyMuridae
- genusHydromys
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