Occurrence record: Mammalogy:C42248

Preserved specimen of Tachyglossus aculeatus (Shaw, 1792) | Short-beaked Echidna recorded on 2025-08-22

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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	C42248
Occurrence ID	urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:NMV:Mammalogy:PreservedSpecimen:C42248
Record type	Preserved specimen Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations	Whole\|frozen
Identified by	Zoos Victoria - Healesville Sanctuary
Collector	Zoos Victoria - Healesville Sanctuary
Sex	Female
Individual count	1
Life stage	adult
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]
Date identified	2025-08-22 Supplied as 22/08/2025

Event

Occurrence date	2025-08-22 Supplied date "2025-08-22T00:00:00\2025-08-22T00:00:00"
Sampling protocol	salvage
End day of year	234
Date precision	DAY
Start day of year	234

Taxonomy

Higher classification	Animalia \| Chordata \| Vertebrata \| Mammalia \| Monotremata \| Tachyglossidae
Scientific name	Tachyglossus aculeatus Supplied scientific name "Tachyglossus aculeatus (Shaw, 1792)"
Identified to rank	species
Common name	Short-beaked Echidna
Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Class	Mammalia
Order	Monotremata
Family	Tachyglossidae
Genus	Tachyglossus
Species	Tachyglossus aculeatus
Name match metric	exactMatch
Scientific name authorship	(Shaw, 1792)
Name parse type	SCIENTIFIC
Nomenclatural code	ICZN

Geospatial

Country	Australia
State or Territory	Victoria
Locality	Eltham
Latitude	-37.72 Supplied as: "-37.72"
Longitude	145.15 Supplied as: "145.15"
Datum	EPSG:4326 Supplied datum: "WGS84"
Verbatim locality	Eltham
Coordinate precision	Unknown
Georeference protocol	AMG conversion, collection or Gazetteer
Terrestrial	true
Biome	TERRESTRIAL
Marine	false
Country Code	AU

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Coordinate uncertainty meters invalid	Warning
Recorded date invalid	Warning
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Ambiguous collection	Passed
Ambiguous institution	Passed
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Collection match fuzzy	Passed
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Coordinates centre of country	Passed
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Coordinates converted to WGS84	Passed
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Different owner institution	Passed
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Latitude is negated	Passed
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SCIENTIFIC_NAME_AND_ID_INCONSISTENT	Passed
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Sensitivity report not loadable	Passed
Coordinates dont match supplied state	Passed
Taxon affinity species	Passed
TAXON_CONCEPT_ID_NOT_FOUND	Passed
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Taxon homonym	Passed
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Taxon match higher rank	Passed
TAXON_MATCH_NAME_AND_ID_AMBIGUOUS	Passed
Taxon match none	Passed
TAXON_MATCH_TAXON_CONCEPT_ID_IGNORED	Passed
Taxon misapplied	Passed
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Taxon parent child synonym	Passed
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Resource taxonomic scope mismatch	Passed
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Coordinate precision and uncertainty transposed	Passed
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Kingdom not recognised	Passed
Unrecognized collection code	Passed
Unrecognized institution code	Passed
Supplied coordinates are zero	Passed
Biosecurity issue	Passed
Suspected outlier	Passed
Geospatial issue	Passed
Habitat incorrect for species	Passed
Taxon misidentified	Passed
Taxonomic issue	Passed
Temporal issue	Passed
Other issue	Passed
Duplicate record	Passed
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Missing georeference verification status	Missing
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Coordinate precision invalid	Unchecked (lack of data)
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Footprint WKT mismatch	Unchecked (lack of data)
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TAXON_MATCH_SCIENTIFIC_NAME_ID_IGNORED	Unchecked (lack of data)
TAXON_MATCH_TAXON_ID_IGNORED	Unchecked (lack of data)
SCIENTIFIC_NAME_ID_NOT_FOUND	Unchecked (lack of data)
TAXON_ID_NOT_FOUND	Unchecked (lack of data)
Depth value supplied in feet	Unchecked (lack of data)
Depth unlikely	Unchecked (lack of data)
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Elevation unlikely	Unchecked (lack of data)
Min and max altitude reversed	Unchecked (lack of data)
Altitude value supplied in feet	Unchecked (lack of data)
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References uri invalid	Unchecked (lack of data)
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Georeferenced date invalid	Unchecked (lack of data)

Additional political boundaries information

Area Management
IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Regions)	South Eastern Highlands
IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Subregions), contextual (polygon)	Highlands-Southern Fall
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	South Eastern Highlands
IBRA 7 Regions	South Eastern Highlands
IBRA 7 Subregions	Highlands-Southern Fall
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	Melbourne - North-East
Indigenous Locations 2021	Nillumbik
Indigenous Regions 2021	Melbourne
RATSIB (representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander body) Areas 2024	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	Jagajaga
Electorates March 2025	Jagajaga
Local Government Areas 2011	Nillumbik (S)
Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated	Nillumbik - South
Local Government Areas 2023	Nillumbik
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)	ELTHAM
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)	ELTHAM
PSMA States (2016)	VICTORIA
State Electoral Divisions 2022	Eltham (North-Eastern Metropolitan)
World Country Boundaries	Australia
Social
Australia 2021	Australia
Destination Zones 2021	Eltham
Greater Capital City Statistical Areas 2021	Greater Melbourne
Postal Areas 2021	3095
Remoteness Areas 2021	Major Cities of Australia
States and Territories 2021	Victoria
Statistical Areas Level 1	20903120915
Statistical Areas Level 2	Eltham
Statistical Areas Level 3	Nillumbik - Kinglake
Statistical Areas Level 4	Melbourne - North East
Tourism Regions 2021	Yarra Valley and the Dandenong Ranges
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	Other 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 open forests
Vegetation types - present	cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings

Environmental sampling for this location

Biodiversity
Occurrence Density	129385.0 frequency
Species Richness	3590.0 frequency
Climate
Precipitation - annual (Bio12)	724.0 mm
Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19)	185.0 mm
Precipitation - driest period (Bio14)	10.0 mm
Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17)	141.0 mm
Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15)	15.0 mm
Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18)	147.0 mm
Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13)	17.0 mm
Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16)	210.0 mm
Radiation - annual mean (Bio20)	15.3 MJ/m2/day
Radiation - seasonality (Bio23)	44.0
Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26)	22.6 MJ/m2/day
Temperature - annual mean (Bio01)	14.5 degrees C
Temperature - annual range (Bio07)	22.7 degrees C
Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06)	4.7 degrees C
Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11)	9.7 degrees C
Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02)	11.1 degrees C
Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09)	19.3 degrees C
Temperature - isothermality (Bio03)	0.49 %
Temperature - seasonality (Bio04)	1.34
Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05)	27.4 degrees C
Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10)	19.5 degrees C
Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08)	14.1 degrees C
WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - annual	825.0 mm
WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - coldest quarter	208.0 mm
WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest month	49.0 mm
WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest quarter	165.0 mm
WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - seasonality	14.260139 mm
WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - warmest quarter	165.0 mm
WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest month	80.0 mm
WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest quarter	235.0 mm
WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean	14.670834 °C
WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual range	21.5 °C
WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest month min	5.5 °C
WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest quarter mean	9.766666 °C
WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - diurnal range mean	9.841666 °C
WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - driest quarter mean	19.65 °C
WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - isothermality	45.775192 %
WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - seasonality	402.19543
WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest month max	27.0 °C
WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest quarter mean	19.65 °C
WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - wettest quarter mean	13.9 °C
WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality	48.0 %
Substrate
Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28)	0.68
Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32)	0.97
Elevation	56.0 m

Group	Field Name	Original Value	Processed Value


Classification	Scientific name	Tachyglossus aculeatus (Shaw, 1792)	Tachyglossus aculeatus
	Match type		exactMatch
	Phylum id		https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/065f1da4-53cd-40b8-a396-80fa5c74dedd
	Family id		https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/b363b995-95f0-4642-9cbe-acebb20a652a
	Taxon concept ID		https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/0d4c9c0c-51d3-44e0-a365-fe0f8b791c66
	Order	Monotremata	Monotremata
	Taxon rank id		7000
	Species id		https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/0d4c9c0c-51d3-44e0-a365-fe0f8b791c66
	Genus	Tachyglossus	Tachyglossus
	Left		28651
	Higher classification	Animalia \| Chordata \| Vertebrata \| Mammalia \| Monotremata \| Tachyglossidae
	Scientific name authorship	(Shaw, 1792)	(Shaw, 1792)
	Taxon rank	Species	species
	Genus id		https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/b0791b23-8d6b-4239-979d-9e100f123010
	Name type		SCIENTIFIC
	Vernacular name	Short-beaked Echidna	Short-beaked Echidna
	Nomenclatural code	ICZN
	Order id		https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/05d2a892-a3b8-4055-b56d-438a4a599dfa
	Right		28659
	Kingdom	Animalia	Animalia
	Specific epithet	aculeatus
	Class id		https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/e9e7db31-04df-41fb-bd8d-e0b0f3c332d6
	Phylum	Chordata	Chordata
	Class	Mammalia	Mammalia
	Species		Tachyglossus aculeatus
	Family	Tachyglossidae	Tachyglossidae
	Kingdom id		https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/4647863b-760d-4b59-aaa1-502c8cdf8d3c
Event	Year	2025	2025
	End day of year		234
	Month	8	8
	Date precision		DAY
	Start day of year		234
	Day	22	22
	Event date	2025-08-22T00:00:00\2025-08-22T00:00:00	2025-08-22
Identification	Date identified	22/08/2025	2025-08-22
Identification	Identified by	[Zoos Victoria - Healesville Sanctuary]
Occurrence	Rights holder		Museums Victoria
	Institution ID	urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34978
	Individual count	1	1
	Language	en
	Type		PhysicalObject
	Catalog number	C42248
	Occurrence status	present	PRESENT
	Basis of record	PreservedSpecimen	PRESERVED_SPECIMEN
	Modified	2026-06-22T14:18:00	2026-06-22T14:18
	Collection code	Mammalogy
	Occurrence ID	urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:NMV:Mammalogy:PreservedSpecimen:C42248
	Owner institution code	NMV
	Sampling protocol	[salvage]
	Preparations	Whole\|frozen
	Institution code	NMV
	Sex	Female	FEMALE
	Recorded by	Zoos Victoria - Healesville Sanctuary
	Life stage	adult	{"concept": "Adult", "lineage": ["Adult"]}
Attribution	Data resource		Museums Victoria provider for OZCAM
	Collection		Museums Victoria Mammalogy Collection
	License	https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode	CC0
	Data provider uid		dp20
	Provenance		Published dataset
	Data Resource ID	dr342	dr342
	Institution ID		in16
	Data partner		OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
	Institution		Museums Victoria
	Data hub uid	[dh1]
	Collection ID		co118
Location	Country	Australia	Australia
	Decimal latitude	-37.72	-37.72
	Terrestrial	true	true
	Locality	Eltham	Eltham
	Decimal longitude	145.15	145.15
	State province	Victoria	Victoria
	Verbatim locality	Eltham
	Biome		TERRESTRIAL
	Lga	Nillumbik (S)
	Marine	false	false
	Country code		AU
	Georeference protocol	AMG conversion, collection or Gazetteer
	Geodetic datum	WGS84	EPSG:4326

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