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    • Names (including “What’s the plural of platypus?”)
    • Fossil history
    • Echidnas – the other modern monotremes
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    • Some platypus FAQs
    • Some platypus myths
  • Rakali
    • Size and general features
    • Distribution and habitats
    • Names and origin
    • Spatial use and shelter sites
    • Diet and foraging behaviour
    • Reproduction
    • Rakali conservation status
    • Coexistence of rakali and platypus
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Platypus News & Views 86 – November 2021

December 12, 2021
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Platypus News & Views 85 – August 2021

September 9, 2021
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Platypus News & Views 83 – February 2021

March 13, 2021
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Platypus News & Views 82 – November 2020

November 30, 2020
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Platypus News & Views 81 – August 2020

September 8, 2020
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Platypus News & Views 80 – May 2020

June 9, 2020

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Platypus News & Views 79 – February 2020

February 29, 2020

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Platypus News & Views 78 – November 2019

December 5, 2019

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Platypus News & Views 77 – August 2019

November 27, 2019

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Fyke-netting Guidelines

July 11, 2019

fyke-netting guidelines, updated 07.19

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Report a Platypus Sighting

If you have ever seen a platypus in the wild (either alive or dead), you possess information that is vital to our understanding of the status, distribution and conservation needs of the species. Therefore, please consider reporting the details of your sighting(s) to the Australian Platypus Conservancy. Use our Reporting Form

Platypus & Water Rat Reports

If you wish to keep up to date with the Platypus and Water Rat Reports, please go to our Facebook Page

Rakali – the water rat

Information about the Rakali or Australian water-rat is available via the Rakali Page. These are often mistaken for platypus, or found in similar locations.
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