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Occurrence record: Mammalogy:C41233

Preserved specimen of Ornithorhynchus anatinus (Shaw, 1799) | Duck-billed Platypus recorded on 2019-07-02
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Dataset

Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Museums Victoria provider for OZCAM
Institution code Museums Victoria
Supplied institution code "NMV"
Collection Museums Victoria Mammalogy Collection
Supplied collection code "Mammalogy"
Catalog number C41233
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:NMV:Mammalogy:PreservedSpecimen:C41233
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations Whole|frozen
Identified by Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning (DELWP)  
Collector Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning (DELWP)  
Supplied as "Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning (DELWP)"
Sex Female
Individual count 1
License CC0
Supplied as https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode
Rights holder Museums Victoria
Institution ID urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34978
Language en
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Owner institution code NMV
Sampling protocol [salvage]
State conservation Vulnerable
Date identified 2019-07-02
Supplied as 02/07/2019

Event

Occurrence date 2019-07-02
Supplied date "2019-07-02T00:00:00\2019-07-02T00:00:00"
Sampling protocol salvage  
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Higher classification Animalia | Chordata | Vertebrata | Mammalia | Monotremata | Ornithorhynchidae
Scientific name Ornithorhynchus anatinus
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
Scientific name authorship (Shaw, 1799)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Nomenclatural code ICZN

Geospatial

Higher geography Australia | Victoria
Country Australia
State or Territory Victoria
Locality Warrandyte, Yarra River
Latitude -37.7414
Supplied as: "-37.7414"
Longitude 145.207
Supplied as: "145.207"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "WGS84"
Verbatim locality Warrandyte, Yarra River
Coordinate precision Unknown
Georeference sources data provided with specimen(s)
Georeference protocol Google maps
Terrestrial true
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    NRM Regions 2010 Port Phillip and Western Port
    NRM Regions 2017 Port Phillip and Western Port
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Port Phillip and Western Port
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions South Eastern Highlands
    IBRA 7 Regions South Eastern Highlands
    IBRA 7 Subregions Highlands-Southern Fall
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 South East Coast (Victoria)
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 YARRA RIVER
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Victoria (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories Victoria
    Australian States and Territories Victoria
    Local Government Areas 2011 Nillumbik (S)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Nillumbik - South
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 NILLUMBIK SHIRE
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 13
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 1155
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) GREATER MELBOURNE
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) RESEARCH - NORTH WARRANDYTE
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) NILLUMBIK - KINGLAKE
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) MELBOURNE - NORTH EAST
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) MENZIES
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) MELBOURNE - NORTH-EAST
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) NILLUMBIK
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) MELBOURNE
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Major Cities of Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) YAN YEAN
    PSMA States (2016) VICTORIA
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Vegetation
    Australia's Indigenous forest estate (2013) v2.0 Non-Indigenous, Non forest
    Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0 Non Forest
    Forests of Australia 2018B Eucalypt Medium Open
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Eucalypt Woodlands
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Eucalyptus woodlands with ferns, herbs, sedges, rushes or wet tussock grassland
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Other Crown Land
    Vegetation types - native Eucalypt woodlands
    Vegetation types - present cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 723.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 187.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 10.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 139.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 16.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 145.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 17.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 211.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 15.3 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 45.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 22.7 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 14.6 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 22.7 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 4.8 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 9.8 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 11.2 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 19.3 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.49 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.33
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 27.5 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 19.6 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 13.7 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 14.608334 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 48.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.68
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.98
    Elevation 37.0 m