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Occurrence record: Mammalogy:M.1501

Preserved specimen of Ornithorhynchus anatinus (Shaw, 1799) | Duck-billed Platypus
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Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
Institution code Australian Museum
Supplied institution code "AM"
Collection Australian Museum Mammalogy Collection
Supplied collection code "Mammalogy"
Catalog number M.1501
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:4006734","urn:catalog:AM:Mammalogy:M.1501"]
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:AM:Mammalogy:M.1501
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Collector Hawker, W  
Supplied as "HAWKER, W"
Sex Male
License CC-BY 3.0 (Au)
Presence/Absence PRESENT

Event

Event ID urn:australianmuseum.net.au:Events:4017007
Date precision NOT_SUPPLIED

Taxonomy

Scientific name Ornithorhynchus anatinus
Supplied scientific name "Ornithorhynchus anatinus (Shaw, 1799)"
Identified to rank species
Common name Duck-billed Platypus
Supplied common name "Platypus"
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Mammalia
Order Monotremata
Family Ornithorhynchidae
Genus Ornithorhynchus
Species Ornithorhynchus anatinus
Name match metric exactMatch
Accepted name Ornithorhynchus anatinus (Shaw, 1799)
Scientific name authorship (Shaw, 1799)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Name according to (Shaw, 1799)

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory New South Wales
Latitude -33.533
Supplied as: "-33.533"
Longitude 149.916
Supplied as: "149.916"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality Tarana
Location remarks ecatalogue.LocCollectionEventLocal: "Australia, New South Wales, Tarana (33° 32' S, 149° 55' E), Accession";
Coordinate precision 0.001
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 33° 32' S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 149° 55' E

Additional properties

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dcterms type PhysicalObject

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    NRM Regions 2010 South
    NRM Regions 2017 South NRM Region
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 South NRM Region
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions South Eastern Highlands
    IBRA 7 Regions South Eastern Highlands
    IBRA 7 Subregions Bathurst
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 Tasmania
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 EAST COAST
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Tasmania (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories New South Wales
    Australian States and Territories Tasmania
    Local Government Areas 2011 Lithgow (C)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Glamorgan-Spring Bay
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 GLAMORGAN-SPRING BAY COUNCIL
    NSW Local Land Services Regions Central Tablelands
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 3
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 1387
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF NSW
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) LITHGOW REGION
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) LITHGOW - MUDGEE
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) CENTRAL WEST
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) CALARE
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) LITHGOW - OBERON
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) LITHGOW
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) RIVERINA - ORANGE
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Inner Regional Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) PROSSER
    PSMA States (2016) NEW SOUTH WALES
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Vegetation
    Australia's Indigenous forest estate (2013) v2.0 Non-Indigenous, Native forest
    Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0 Eucalypt Medium Woodland
    Forests of Australia 2018B Non forest
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Nature Conservation Reserve
    Vegetation types - native Eucalypt open forests
    Vegetation types - present Eucalyptus open forest

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 660.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 161.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 9.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 145.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 16.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 172.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 18.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 199.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 13.8 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 46.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 20.4 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 13.0 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 17.1 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 4.6 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 9.4 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 9.0 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 11.1 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.52 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 0.97
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 21.7 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 16.5 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 15.3 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 12.4875 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 54.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.68
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.94
    Elevation 818.0 m