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Occurrence record: Mammalogy:C39968

Preserved specimen of Hydromys chrysogaster Geoffroy, 1804 | Water-rat recorded on 1999-01-08
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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 C39968
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:NMV:Mammalogy:PreservedSpecimen:C39968
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations Skeleton, skull|Dry
Collector Mr Darren Quinn
Individual count 1
Associated Occurrence Status Associated record
Associated occurrences The occurrence is associated with a representative record.
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
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Owner institution code NMV
Associated records ASSOCIATED

Event

Occurrence date 1999-01-08
Supplied date "1999-01-08T00:00:00\1999-01-08T00:00:00"
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Higher classification Animalia | Chordata | Vertebrata | Mammalia | Rodentia | Myomorpha | Muroidea | Muridae | Murinae
Scientific name Hydromys chrysogaster
Supplied scientific name "Hydromys chrysogaster É. Geoffroy, 1804"
Identified to rank species
Common name Water-rat
Supplied common name "Common Water Rat"
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Mammalia
Order Rodentia
Family Muridae
Genus Hydromys
Species Hydromys chrysogaster
Name match metric canonicalMatch
Scientific name authorship Geoffroy, 1804
Supplied as É. Geoffroy, 1804
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Nomenclatural code ICZN

Geospatial

Higher geography Australia | Victoria
Country Australia
State or Territory Victoria
Locality Scotchmans Creek
Latitude -37.9
Supplied as: "-37.9"
Longitude 145.1
Supplied as: "145.1"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "WGS84"
Verbatim locality Scotchmans Creek
Coordinate precision Unknown
Georeference protocol Estimated
Municipality Oakleigh
Terrestrial true
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU

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    Inferred associated occurrence details

    This record is associated with the representative record. This mean another record has been detected to be similar to this record, and that the other record (the representative record) has the most detailed information for the occurrence. More information about the duplication detection methods and terminology in use is available here:

    Representative Record
    Record UUID 0fab3ed8-4447-4a66-be30-5fb8e4a60fe5
    Data Resource Museums Victoria provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Hydromys chrysogaster
    Coordinates -37.9,145.1
    Related records
    Record UUID 1957953c-bab9-4c33-b058-a0281c9e57e4
    Data Resource Museums Victoria provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Hydromys chrysogaster É. Geoffroy, 1804
    Coordinates -37.9,145.1
    Record UUID bf9c6b99-f1c5-4b54-8889-49ccf1f8d049
    Data Resource Museums Victoria provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Hydromys chrysogaster É. Geoffroy, 1804
    Coordinates -37.9,145.1
    Record UUID cbbc0890-d9fb-4e6b-b60f-ae562df0a6a1
    Data Resource Museums Victoria provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Hydromys chrysogaster É. Geoffroy, 1804
    Coordinates -37.9,145.1
    Record UUID 14213bd3-152f-4821-8cce-f0ecd63a9568
    Data Resource Museums Victoria provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Hydromys chrysogaster É. Geoffroy, 1804
    Coordinates -37.9,145.1

    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 East Coastal Plain
    IBRA 7 Regions South East Coastal Plain
    IBRA 7 Subregions Gippsland Plain
    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 Monash (C)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Monash - South-West
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 MONASH CITY
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 0
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 414
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) GREATER MELBOURNE
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) OAKLEIGH - HUNTINGDALE
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) MONASH
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) MELBOURNE - SOUTH EAST
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) HOTHAM
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) MONASH
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) OAKLEIGH
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) MELBOURNE
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Major Cities of Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) SOUTHERN METROPOLITAN
    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 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

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 737.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 190.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 10.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 142.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 15.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 148.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 17.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 213.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 15.1 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 45.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 22.5 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 14.5 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 21.1 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 5.3 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 10.0 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 10.1 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 19.0 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.48 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.25
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 26.4 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 19.2 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 13.7 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 14.925 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 48.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.68
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.97
    Elevation 58.0 m