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Occurrence record: Mammalogy:A66

Preserved specimen of Cercartetus lepidus (Thomas, 1888) | Little Pygmy-possum
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Dataset

Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery provider for OZCAM
Institution code Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery
Supplied institution code "TMAG"
Collection Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery Vertebrate Collection
Supplied collection code "Mammalogy"
Catalog number A66
Occurrence ID urn:catalog:TMAG:Mammalogy:A66
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by N Wakefield  
Collector J McIntyre
License CC-BY 4.0 (Int)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Date identified 1963

Event

Date precision NOT_SUPPLIED

Taxonomy

Scientific name Cercartetus lepidus
Identified to rank species
Common name Little Pygmy-possum
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Mammalia
Order Diprotodontia
Family Burramyidae
Genus Cercartetus
Species Cercartetus lepidus
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship (Thomas, 1888)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Tasmania
Locality West Tamar Highway
Latitude -41.2386112
Supplied as: "-41.24"
Longitude 146.8810207
Supplied as: "146.88"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "AGD66"
Coordinate precision Unknown
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 10000.0
Terrestrial true
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU

Additional properties

verbatim identification 1963

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Regions) Tasmanian Northern Slopes
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Subregions), contextual (polygon) Northern Slopes
    NRM Regions 2010 North
    NRM Regions 2017 North NRM Region
    Natural Resource Management (NRM) Regions 2023 North NRM Region
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 North NRM Region
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Tasmanian Northern Slopes
    IBRA 7 Regions Tasmanian Northern Slopes
    IBRA 7 Subregions Northern Slopes
    Hydrology
    Australian Drainage Divisions 2021 Tasmania
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 Tasmania
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 TAMAR RIVER
    Indigenous
    Indigenous Areas 2021 West Tamar - Latrobe
    Indigenous Locations 2021 West Tamar
    Indigenous Regions 2021 Tasmania
    RATSIB (representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander body) Areas 2024 Tasmania
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Tasmania (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories Tasmania
    Australian States and Territories Tasmania
    Commonwealth Electoral Divisions 2021 Bass
    Electorates March 2025 Bass
    Local Government Areas 2011 West Tamar (M)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated West Tamar - Pt A
    Local Government Areas 2023 West Tamar
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 WEST TAMAR COUNCIL
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 7
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 1085
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF TAS.
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) GRINDELWALD - LANENA
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) MEANDER VALLEY - WEST TAMAR
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) LAUNCESTON AND NORTH EAST
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) BASS
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) WEST TAMAR - LATROBE
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) WEST TAMAR
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) TASMANIA
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Outer Regional Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) ROSEVEARS
    PSMA States (2016) TASMANIA
    State Electoral Divisions 2022 Bass (Rosevears)
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Social
    Australia 2021 Australia
    Destination Zones 2021 Grindelwald - Lanena
    Greater Capital City Statistical Areas 2021 Rest of Tas.
    Postal Areas 2021 7270
    Remoteness Areas 2021 Outer Regional Australia
    States and Territories 2021 Tasmania
    Statistical Areas Level 2 Grindelwald - Lanena
    Statistical Areas Level 3 Meander Valley - West Tamar
    Statistical Areas Level 4 Launceston and North East
    Tourism Regions 2021 Launceston and the North
    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 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 Private Freehold
    Vegetation types - native Eucalypt woodlands
    Vegetation types - present cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 4185.0 frequency
    Species Richness 759.0 frequency
    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 859.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 303.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 8.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 135.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 31.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 137.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 27.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 303.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 13.8 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 50.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 21.3 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 12.5 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 19.2 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 3.6 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 8.4 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 9.3 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 16.8 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.48 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.15
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 22.8 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 16.8 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 8.4 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - annual 854.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - coldest quarter 291.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest month 36.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest quarter 137.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - seasonality 29.328352 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - warmest quarter 137.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest month 108.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest quarter 291.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 12.545834 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual range 18.099998 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest month min 4.3 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest quarter mean 8.433333 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - diurnal range mean 8.608334 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - driest quarter mean 16.699999 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - isothermality 47.559853 %
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - seasonality 332.96503
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest month max 22.4 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest quarter mean 16.699999 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - wettest quarter mean 8.433333 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 48.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.74
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0
    Elevation 74.0 m