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Rakali

Index Rakali

Hydromys chrysogaster, commonly known as rakali, rabe or water-rat, is an Australian native rodent first described in 1804. [1]

43 relations: Animal, Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, Cestoda, Chordate, Crayfish, Crustacean, Department of the Environment (Australia, 2013–16), Environment of Australia, Estuary, Fauna of Australia, Fish, Frog, Helminths, Hydromys, Innamincka, South Australia, Jawoyn, Kamu language, Kayardild language, Kugu Nganhcara, List of semiaquatic tetrapods, Mammal, Mian people, Muridae, Mussel, Nematode, Ngarrindjeri, Nocturnality, Noongar, Nunggubuyu language, Nyigina language, Papua New Guinea, Rodent, Snail, Sparganosis, Tiwi language, Trematoda, Wathaurong, Western New Guinea, Wik Mungkan language, Wunambal, Yanyuwa language, Yidiny language, Yolngu.

Animal

Animals are multicellular eukaryotic organisms that form the biological kingdom Animalia.

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Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire

Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (15 April 1772 – 19 June 1844) was a French naturalist who established the principle of "unity of composition".

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Cestoda

Cestoda is a class of parasitic worms in the flatworm (Platyhelminthes) phylum, commonly known as tapeworms.

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Chordate

A chordate is an animal belonging to the phylum Chordata; chordates possess a notochord, a hollow dorsal nerve cord, pharyngeal slits, an endostyle, and a post-anal tail, for at least some period of their life cycle.

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Crayfish

Crayfish, also known as crawfish, crawdads, crawldads, freshwater lobsters, mountain lobsters, mudbugs or yabbies, are freshwater crustaceans resembling small lobsters, to which they are related; taxonomically, they are members of the superfamilies Astacoidea and Parastacoidea.

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Crustacean

Crustaceans (Crustacea) form a large, diverse arthropod taxon which includes such familiar animals as crabs, lobsters, crayfish, shrimp, krill, woodlice, and barnacles.

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Department of the Environment (Australia, 2013–16)

The Australian Department of the Environment was a department of the Government of Australia that existed between September 2013 and July 2016.

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Environment of Australia

The Australian environment ranges from virtually pristine Antarctic territory and rainforests to degraded industrial areas of major cities.

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Estuary

An estuary is a partially enclosed coastal body of brackish water with one or more rivers or streams flowing into it, and with a free connection to the open sea.

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Fauna of Australia

The fauna of Australia consists of a huge variety of animals; some 83% of mammals, 89% of reptiles, 24% of fish and insects and 93% of amphibians that inhabit the continent are endemic to Australia.

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Fish

Fish are gill-bearing aquatic craniate animals that lack limbs with digits.

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Frog

A frog is any member of a diverse and largely carnivorous group of short-bodied, tailless amphibians composing the order Anura (Ancient Greek ἀν-, without + οὐρά, tail).

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Helminths

Helminths, also commonly known as parasitic worms, are large multicellular parasites, which can generally be seen with the naked eye when they are mature.

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Hydromys

Hydromys is a genus of semiaquatic rodents in the subfamily Murinae.

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Innamincka, South Australia

Innamincka is a small settlement in north-east South Australia, with a population of only 12.

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Jawoyn

The Jawoyn, also written Djauan, are a group of Indigenous Australians living in the Northern Territory of Australia.

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Kamu language

The Kamu language, or Gamor, is an extinct indigenous Australian language spoken in Northern Territory, Australia.

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Kayardild language

Kayardild is a moribund Tangkic language spoken by the Kaiadilt on the South Wellesley Islands, north west Queensland, Australia, with fewer than ten fluent speakers remaining.

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Kugu Nganhcara

The Kugu Nganhcara are an Australian group of peoples living in the middle western part of the Cape York Peninsula, Queensland in Australia.

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List of semiaquatic tetrapods

This is a list of tetrapods that are semiaquatic; that is, while being at least partly terrestrial, they spend part of their life cycle or a significant fraction of their time in water as part of their normal behavior, and/or obtain a significant fraction of their food from an aquatic habitat.

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Mammal

Mammals are the vertebrates within the class Mammalia (from Latin mamma "breast"), a clade of endothermic amniotes distinguished from reptiles (including birds) by the possession of a neocortex (a region of the brain), hair, three middle ear bones, and mammary glands.

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Mian people

The Mian people (Mianmin) are a people living in the Telefomin district of the Sandaun province in Papua New Guinea.

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Muridae

The Muridae, or murids, are the largest family of rodents and of mammals, containing over 700 species found naturally throughout Eurasia, Africa, and Australia.

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Mussel

Mussel is the common name used for members of several families of bivalve molluscs, from saltwater and freshwater habitats.

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Nematode

The nematodes or roundworms constitute the phylum Nematoda (also called Nemathelminthes).

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Ngarrindjeri

The term Ngarrindjeri means belonging to men, and refers to a "tribal constellation".

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Nocturnality

Nocturnality is an animal behavior characterized by being active during the night and sleeping during the day.

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Noongar

The Noongar (also spelt Nyungar, Nyoongar, Nyoongah, Nyungah, Nyugah, Yunga) are a constellation of peoples of Indigenous Australian descent who live in the south-west corner of Western Australia, from Geraldton on the west coast to Esperance on the south coast.

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Nunggubuyu language

Nunggubuyu or Wubuy is an Australian Aboriginal language, the traditional language of the Nunggubuyu people.

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Nyigina language

Nyikina (also Nyigina, Njigina) is an Australian Aboriginal language of Western Australia, spoken by the Nyigina people.

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Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea (PNG;,; Papua Niugini; Hiri Motu: Papua Niu Gini), officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, is an Oceanian country that occupies the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and its offshore islands in Melanesia, a region of the southwestern Pacific Ocean north of Australia.

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Rodent

Rodents (from Latin rodere, "to gnaw") are mammals of the order Rodentia, which are characterized by a single pair of continuously growing incisors in each of the upper and lower jaws.

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Snail

Snail is a common name loosely applied to shelled gastropods.

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Sparganosis

Sparganosis is a parasitic infection caused by the Diphyllobothrium or the plerocercoid larvae of the genus Spirometra including ''S. mansoni'', S. ranarum, S. mansonoides and S. erinacei.

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Tiwi language

Tiwi is an Australian Aboriginal language spoken by the Tiwi people on the Tiwi Islands, within sight of the coast of northern Australia.

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Trematoda

Trematoda is a class within the phylum Platyhelminthes.

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Wathaurong

Wathaurong, also called the Wathaurung and Wadawurrung, are an Indigenous Australian tribe living in the area near Melbourne, Geelong and the Bellarine Peninsula.

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Western New Guinea

Western New Guinea, also known as Papua (formerly Irian Jaya) and West Papua, is the part of the island of New Guinea (also known as Papua) annexed by Indonesia in 1962.

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Wik Mungkan language

Wik-Mungkan, or Wik-Mungknh, is a Paman language spoken on the northern part of Cape York Peninsula of Queensland, Australia, by the Wik-Mungkan people.

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Wunambal

The Wunambal are an indigenous Australian people of the northern Kimberley region of Western Australia.

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Yanyuwa language

Yanyuwa is the language of the Yanyuwa people of the Sir Edward Pellew Group of Islands in the Gulf of Carpentaria outside Borroloola.

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Yidiny language

Yidiny (also spelled Yidiɲ, Yidiñ, Jidinj, Jidinʲ, Yidinʸ, Yidiń) is a nearly extinct Australian Aboriginal language, spoken by the Yidinji people of north-east Queensland.

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Yolngu

The Yolngu or Yolŋu are an aggregation of indigenous Australian people inhabiting north-eastern Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory of Australia.

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Redirects here:

Australian water rat, Hydromys chrysogaster, Native Water Rat, Native Water Rats.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rakali

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