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Occurrence record: DNA Laboratory:Z83539

Material Sample of Macropus giganteus Shaw, 1790 | Eastern Grey Kangaroo recorded on 2025-03-27
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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 DNA Laboratory
Supplied collection code "DNA Laboratory"
Catalog number Z83539
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:NMV:DNA Laboratory:MaterialSample:Z83539
Record type Material Sample
Supplied basis "MaterialSample"
Preparations Cell
Collector Jennifer Hetz Rodriguez - Museums Victoria | Dr Karen Roberts - Museum Victoria | Tanya Rajapakse - Museums Victoria - Volunteer
Associated Occurrence Status Representative record
Associated occurrences This record has 5 inferred associated occurrences
For more information see Inferred associated occurrence details
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 [(road kill)]
Associated records REPRESENTATIVE
Disposition In collection

Event

Occurrence date 2025-03-27
Supplied date "2025-03-27T00:00:00\2025-03-27T00:00:00"
Sampling protocol (road kill)  
End day of year 86
Date precision DAY
Start day of year 86

Taxonomy

Higher classification Animalia | Chordata | Vertebrata | Mammalia | Marsupialia | Diprotodontia | Macropodiformes | Macropodidae | Macropodinae
Scientific name Macropus giganteus
Supplied scientific name "Macropus giganteus Shaw, 1790"
Identified to rank species
Common name Eastern Grey Kangaroo
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Mammalia
Order Diprotodontia
Family Macropodidae
Genus Macropus
Species Macropus giganteus
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship Shaw, 1790
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Nomenclatural code ICZN

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Victoria
Locality Bacchus Marsh Road
Latitude -37.4885
Supplied as: "-37.4885"
Longitude 144.512
Supplied as: "144.512"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "WGS84"
Verbatim locality Bacchus Marsh Road
Coordinate precision Unknown
Georeference sources Google Maps
Georeference protocol Approximation
Terrestrial true
Georeferenced date 2025-03-27T00:00
Supplied as 2025-03-27T00:00:00
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Location ID RK 148 & 149

Additional properties

blocked Available for loan
material sample type Tissue
preparation type Cell

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    Inferred associated occurrence details

    This record has been identified as the representative occurrence in a group of associated occurrences. This mean other records have been detected that seem to relate to this record and this particular record has the most detailed information on the occurrence. More information about the duplication detection methods and terminology in use is available here:

    Representative Record
    Record UUID 0798c17f-e90b-4126-a9e1-d45a02c0ba45
    Data Resource Museums Victoria provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Macropus giganteus Shaw, 1790
    Coordinates -37.4885,144.512
    Related records
    Record UUID 395fb337-454a-45f5-bfc8-53cf12a092cf
    Data Resource Museums Victoria provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Macropus giganteus Shaw, 1790
    Coordinates -37.4885,144.512
    Record UUID 38f0b253-02a9-49b7-83c5-b1c1dd1eae03
    Data Resource Museums Victoria provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Macropus giganteus Shaw, 1790
    Coordinates -37.4885,144.512
    Record UUID 6a8eb5b8-a312-4b7b-b2b2-f725dfd5561d
    Data Resource Museums Victoria provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Macropus giganteus Shaw, 1790
    Coordinates -37.4885,144.512
    Record UUID 924fe0fc-3632-49c8-85e3-a4f0a7357db1
    Data Resource Museums Victoria provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Macropus giganteus Shaw, 1790
    Coordinates -37.4885,144.512
    Record UUID 9eebd2f7-47b8-4329-a4d0-3ec9b228e845
    Data Resource Museums Victoria provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Macropus giganteus Shaw, 1790
    Coordinates -37.4885,144.512

    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    GER Central Victorial Biolinks GER Central Victorial Biolinks
    GER National Corridor GER National Corridor
    Great Eastern Ranges Initiative GER Great Eastern Ranges Initiative
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Regions) Victorian Midlands
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Subregions), contextual (polygon) Central Victorian Uplands
    IBRA 7.1 Regions Victorian Midlands
    IBRA 7.1 Subegions Central Victorian Uplands
    NRM Regions 2010 Port Phillip and Western Port
    NRM Regions 2017 Port Phillip and Western Port
    Natural Resource Management (NRM) Regions 2023 Port Phillip and Western Port
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Port Phillip and Western Port
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Victorian Midlands
    IBRA 7 Regions Victorian Midlands
    IBRA 7 Subregions Central Victorian Uplands
    Hydrology
    Australian Drainage Divisions 2021 South East Coast (Victoria)
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 South East Coast (Victoria)
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 YARRA RIVER
    Indigenous
    Indigenous Areas 2021 Macedon Ranges - Moorabool
    Indigenous Locations 2021 Macedon Ranges
    Indigenous Regions 2021 Victoria exc. Melbourne
    RATSIB (representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander body) Areas 2024 Victoria
    Representative Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Body areas (updated 24th March 2026) Victoria
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Victoria (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories Victoria
    Australian States and Territories Victoria
    Commonwealth Electoral Divisions 2021 McEwen
    Electorates March 2025 Mcewen
    Local Government Areas 2011 Macedon Ranges (S)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Macedon Ranges Bal
    Local Government Areas 2023 Macedon Ranges
    Local Government Areas 2025 Macedon Ranges
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 MACEDON RANGES SHIRE
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 3
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 671
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) GREATER MELBOURNE
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) GISBORNE
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) MACEDON RANGES
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) MELBOURNE - NORTH WEST
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) MCEWEN
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) MACEDON RANGES - MOORABOOL
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) MACEDON RANGES
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) VICTORIA EXC. MELBOURNE
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Inner Regional Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) NORTHERN VICTORIA
    PSMA States (2016) VICTORIA
    State Electoral Divisions 2022 Macedon (Northern Victoria)
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Social
    Australia 2021 Australia
    Destination Zones 2021 Gisborne
    Greater Capital City Statistical Areas 2021 Greater Melbourne
    Postal Areas 2021 3437
    Remoteness Areas 2021 Inner Regional Australia
    States and Territories 2021 Victoria
    Statistical Areas Level 1 21002123205
    Statistical Areas Level 2 Gisborne
    Statistical Areas Level 3 Macedon Ranges
    Statistical Areas Level 4 Melbourne - North West
    Tourism Regions 2021 Macedon
    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 Open Forests
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Eucalyptus open forests with a grassy understorey
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Private Freehold
    Vegetation types - native Eucalypt open forests
    Vegetation types - present Unknown/no data

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 20538.0 frequency
    Species Richness 2449.0 frequency
    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 795.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 222.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 10.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 145.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 21.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 150.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 20.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 250.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 15.2 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 45.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 22.7 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 11.8 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 23.1 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 2.2 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 6.9 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 11.0 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 16.9 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.48 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.41
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 25.3 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 17.1 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 10.4 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - annual 852.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - coldest quarter 225.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest month 51.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest quarter 164.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - seasonality 18.951176 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - warmest quarter 167.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest month 91.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest quarter 265.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 11.866667 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual range 21.900002 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest month min 2.8 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest quarter mean 6.9666667 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - diurnal range mean 10.25 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - driest quarter mean 15.583333 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - isothermality 46.803654 %
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - seasonality 407.2543
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest month max 24.7 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest quarter mean 17.05 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - wettest quarter mean 10.85 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 46.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.76
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0
    Elevation 482.0 m