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Occurrence record: Mammalogy:M.32446

Preserved specimen of Ornithorhynchus anatinus (Shaw, 1799) | Duck-billed Platypus recorded on 1992-04-12
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Dataset

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.32446
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:4026104","urn:catalog:AM:Mammalogy:M.32446"]
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:AM:Mammalogy:M.32446
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Collector Males, Benjamin John  
Supplied as "Males, Benjamin John"
Sex Male
License CC-BY 3.0 (Au)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Sampling protocol [Found Dead]

Event

Event ID urn:australianmuseum.net.au:Events:4013248
Occurrence date 1992-04-12
Sampling protocol Found Dead  
Date precision DAY

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 -33.416
Supplied as: "-33.416"
Longitude 150.8
Supplied as: "150.8"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality Wheeny Ck c.100m from Colo R junction, Blue Mountains
Location remarks ecatalogue.LocCollectionEventLocal: "Australia, New South Wales, Wheeny Ck c.100m from Colo R junction, Blue Mountains (33° 25' S, 150° 48' E) 12/04/1992 - 12/04/1992, Found Dead, Field Collected - Terrestrial";
Coordinate precision 0.001
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 33° 25' S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 150° 48' E

Additional properties

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dcterms:type PhysicalObject
dcterms modified 2012/1/4
dcterms type PhysicalObject

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    GER National Corridor GER National Corridor
    Great Eastern Ranges Initiative GER Great Eastern Ranges Initiative
    Hunter Analysis Mask GER Hunter Analysis Mask
    NRM Regions 2010 Hawkesbury-Nepean
    NRM Regions 2017 Greater Sydney
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Greater Sydney
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Sydney Basin
    IBRA 7 Regions Sydney Basin
    IBRA 7 Subregions Yengo
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 South East Coast (NSW)
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 HAWKESBURY RIVER
    Marine
    States including coastal waters New South Wales (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories New South Wales
    Australian States and Territories New South Wales
    Local Government Areas 2011 Hawkesbury (C)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Hawkesbury
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 HAWKESBURY CITY COUNCIL
    NSW Local Land Services Regions Greater Sydney
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 13
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 2356
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) GREATER SYDNEY
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) BILPIN - COLO - ST ALBANS
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) HAWKESBURY
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) SYDNEY - BAULKHAM HILLS AND HAWKESBURY
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) MACQUARIE
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) HAWKESBURY
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) HAWKESBURY
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) SYDNEY - WOLLONGONG
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Inner Regional Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
    PSMA States (2016) NEW SOUTH WALES
    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 Tall Open
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Eucalypt Tall Open Forests
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Eucalyptus (+/- tall) open forest with a dense broad-leaved and/or tree-fern understorey (wet sclerophyll)
    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

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 840.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 138.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 8.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 131.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 36.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 291.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 31.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 316.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 17.1 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 33.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 22.8 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 17.6 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 25.9 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 4.0 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 11.6 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 12.7 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 12.4 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.49 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.55
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 30.0 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 23.1 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 22.6 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 17.050001 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 49.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.6
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.74
    Elevation 159.0 m