Occurrence record: Mammals:M24445

Preserved specimen of Dasycercus cristicauda (Krefft, 1867) | Crest-tailed Mulgara recorded on 1994-07-01

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Dataset

Data partner	OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource	Australian National Wildlife Collection provider for OZCAM
Institution code	Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation Supplied institution code "ANWC"
Collection	Australian National Wildlife Collection Supplied collection code "Mammals"
Catalog number	M24445
Occurrence ID	urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:ANWC:Mammals:M24445
Record type	Preserved specimen Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations	body in spirit
Record number	18/96
Sex	female
License	CC-BY
Establishment means	wild location
Presence/Absence	PRESENT Supplied as present
Collection	http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34932
Dataset name / Survey name	[ANWC salvage pre-Nagoya (12/10/2014)]
Dataset ID	[urn:anwc.csiro.au:collections:3]

Event

Dataset name / Survey name	ANWC salvage pre-Nagoya (12/10/2014)
Occurrence date	1994-07-01 Supplied date "1994-07-01/1994-07-31"
Verbatim event date	JUL1994
End day of year	212
Date precision	DAY_RANGE
Start day of year	182
Event date end	1994-07-31

Taxonomy

Scientific name	Dasycercus cristicauda
Identified to rank	species
Common name	Crest-tailed Mulgara Supplied common name "Mulgara"
Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Class	Mammalia
Order	Dasyuromorphia
Family	Dasyuridae
Genus	Dasycercus
Species	Dasycercus cristicauda
Name match metric	exactMatch
Scientific name authorship	(Krefft, 1867)
Name parse type	SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country	Australia
State or Territory	Northern Territory
Locality	GRANITES GOLDMINE AREA, TANAMI DESERT
Latitude	-20.5667 Supplied as: "-20.5667"
Longitude	130.3667 Supplied as: "130.3667"
Datum	EPSG:4326
Water body	not applicable
Island	not applicable
Island group	not applicable
Location remarks	confident in available location data
Coordinate precision	0.01667
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres)	2000.0
Terrestrial	true
Biome	TERRESTRIAL
Continent	Oceania
Marine	false
Country Code	AU
Verbatim SRS	not recorded; assume WGS84 for Australia

Additional properties

verbatim uncertainty	confident in available location data

User flagged issues

Data quality tests

Test name	Result
CONTINENT_COORDINATE_MISMATCH	Warning
Geodetic datum assumed WGS84	Warning
Show/Hide 91 passed properties
Ambiguous collection	Passed
Ambiguous institution	Passed
Basis of record badly formed	Passed
Collection match fuzzy	Passed
Collection not matched	Passed
Continent country mismatch	Passed
Continent derived from coordinates	Passed
CONTINENT_DERIVED_FROM_COUNTRY	Passed
Continent invalid	Passed
Coordinates centre of country	Passed
Supplied coordinates centre of state	Passed
Coordinate invalid	Passed
Coordinates are out of range for species	Passed
Coordinate precision invalid	Passed
Coordinates converted to WGS84	Passed
Decimal latitude/longitude conversion failed	Passed
Coordinate reprojection suspicious	Passed
Coordinate rounded	Passed
Coordinate uncertainty meters invalid	Passed
Coordinates dont match supplied country	Passed
Country inferred from coordinates	Passed
Country invalid	Passed
Country mismatch	Passed
Different owner institution	Passed
First of the century	Passed
First of the month	Passed
First of the year	Passed
Unrecognized geodetic datum	Passed
Georeferenced after occurrence date	Passed
Identification date before occurrence date	Passed
Institution and Collection mismatch	Passed
Institution match fuzzy	Passed
Institution not matched	Passed
Interpretation error	Passed
Invalid scientific name	Passed
Location not supplied	Passed
Missing collection date	Passed
Missing taxon rank	Passed
Multimedia date invalid	Passed
Multimedia uri invalid	Passed
Name not supplied	Passed
Occurrence status inferred from basis of record	Passed
Occurrence status inferred from individual count	Passed
Occurrence status unparsable	Passed
Latitude is negated	Passed
Longitude is negated	Passed
Presumed swapped coordinate	Passed
Recorded date invalid	Passed
Recorded date mismatch	Passed
Recorded date unlikely	Passed
SCIENTIFIC_NAME_AND_ID_INCONSISTENT	Passed
Sensitivity report invalid	Passed
Sensitivity report not loadable	Passed
Coordinates dont match supplied state	Passed
Taxon affinity species	Passed
TAXON_CONCEPT_ID_NOT_FOUND	Passed
Taxon confer species	Passed
Taxon default match	Passed
Taxon error	Passed
Taxon excluded	Passed
Taxon excluded associated	Passed
Taxon homonym	Passed
Taxon indeterminate species	Passed
Taxon match aggregate	Passed
Taxon match fuzzy	Passed
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
Taxon misapplied matched	Passed
Taxon parent child synonym	Passed
Taxon question species	Passed
Resource taxonomic scope mismatch	Passed
Taxon species plural	Passed
Coordinate precision and uncertainty transposed	Passed
Uncertainty not specified	Passed
Supplied country not recognised	Passed
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
Show/Hide 6 missing properties
Missing geodetic datum	Missing
Missing georeferenced by	Missing
Missing georeference protocol	Missing
Missing georeference sources	Missing
Missing georeference verification status	Missing
Missing georeference date	Missing
Show/Hide 25 tests that have not been run
Footprint SRS invalid	Unchecked (lack of data)
Footprint WKT mismatch	Unchecked (lack of data)
Footprint WKT invalid	Unchecked (lack of data)
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)
Min and max depth reversed	Unchecked (lack of data)
Depth value non-numeric	Unchecked (lack of data)
Elevation unlikely	Unchecked (lack of data)
Min and max altitude reversed	Unchecked (lack of data)
Altitude value supplied in feet	Unchecked (lack of data)
Altitude value non-numeric	Unchecked (lack of data)
Modified date invalid	Unchecked (lack of data)
Modified date unlikely	Unchecked (lack of data)
Identified date unlikely	Unchecked (lack of data)
Identified date invalid	Unchecked (lack of data)
Type status invalid	Unchecked (lack of data)
References uri invalid	Unchecked (lack of data)
Individual count invalid	Unchecked (lack of data)
Individual count conflicts with occurrence status	Unchecked (lack of data)
Georeferenced date unlikely	Unchecked (lack of data)
Georeferenced date invalid	Unchecked (lack of data)

Outlier information

This record has been detected as an outlier using the Reverse Jackknife algorithm for the following layers:

Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) - CSIRO Ecosystem Sciences
Notes: Data derived using ANUCLIM v6 (beta) with the new set of climate surfaces (centred on 1990), by Dr. Kristen Williams.
Scale: 0.01 degree (~1km)
Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) - CSIRO Ecosystem Sciences
Notes: Data derived using ANUCLIM v6 (beta) with the new set of climate surfaces (centred on 1990), by Dr. Kristen Williams.
Scale: 0.01 degree (~1km)
Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) - CSIRO Ecosystem Sciences
Notes: Data derived using ANUCLIM v6 (beta) with the new set of climate surfaces (centred on 1990), by Dr. Kristen Williams.
Scale: 0.01 degree (~1km)

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Additional political boundaries information

Area Management
CAPAD 2016 Terrestrial	Kakadu
CAPAD 2020 Terrestrial	Kakadu
CAPAD 2022 - Terrestrial (Collaborative Australian Protected Areas Database)	Kakadu
IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Regions)	Darwin Coastal
IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Subregions), contextual (polygon)	Darwin Coastal
NRM Regions 2010	Northern Territory
NRM Regions 2017	Northern Territory
Natural Resource Management (NRM) Regions 2023	Northern Territory
Area management
National Landcare Program Management Units 2018	Northern Territory
Biodiversity
IBRA 6 Regions	Darwin Coastal
IBRA 7 Regions	Darwin Coastal
IBRA 7 Subregions	Darwin Coastal
Hydrology
Australian Drainage Divisions 2021	Tanami-Timor Sea Coast
Drainage Divisions Level 1	Tanami-Timor Sea Coast
Drainage Divisions Level 2	SOUTH ALLIGATOR RIVER
Indigenous
2025 Indigenous Protected Areas (IPAs) - Dedicated	Southern Tanami
Indigenous Areas 2021	Kakadu - Marrakai - Jabiru
Indigenous Locations 2021	Kakadu - Marrakai - Surrounds
Indigenous Protected Areas (IPAs) - Dedicated	Southern Tanami
Indigenous Regions 2021	Jabiru - Tiwi
RATSIB (representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander body) Areas 2024	Northern Northern Territory
Marine
States including coastal waters	Northern Territory (including Coastal Waters)
Political
ASGS Australian States and Territories	Northern Territory
Australian States and Territories	Northern Territory
Commonwealth Electoral Divisions 2021	Lingiari
Electorates March 2025	Lingiari
Indigenous Protected Areas 2013	Southern Tanami
Local Government Areas 2011	West Arnhem (S)
Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated	South Alligator
Local Government Areas 2023	West Arnhem
Local Government Areas PSMA 2018	WEST ARNHEM REGION
PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016)	206
PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016)	485
PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016)	REST OF NT
PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016)	ALLIGATOR
PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016)	DALY - TIWI - WEST ARNHEM
PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016)	NORTHERN TERRITORY - OUTBACK
PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018)	LINGIARI
PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016)	KAKADU - MARRAKAI - JABIRU
PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016)	KAKADU - MARRAKAI - SURROUNDS
PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016)	JABIRU - TIWI
PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016)	Remote Australia
PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018)	ARAFURA
PSMA States (2016)	NORTHERN TERRITORY
State Electoral Divisions 2022	Arafura
World Country Boundaries	Australia
Social
Australia 2021	Australia
Destination Zones 2021	Alligator
Greater Capital City Statistical Areas 2021	Rest of NT
Postal Areas 2021	0822
Remoteness Areas 2021	Remote Australia
States and Territories 2021	Northern Territory
Statistical Areas Level 2	Alligator
Statistical Areas Level 3	Daly - Tiwi - West Arnhem
Statistical Areas Level 4	Northern Territory - Outback
Tourism Regions 2021	Litchfield Kakadu Arnhem
Vegetation
Australia's Indigenous forest estate (2013) v2.0	Indigenous managed, Non forest
Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0	Non Forest
Forests of Australia 2018B	Eucalypt Medium Woodland
NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups	Eucalypt Woodlands
NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups	Eucalyptus woodlands with a tussock grass understorey
Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0	Private Freehold
Vegetation types - native	Eucalypt open forests
Vegetation types - present	Eucalyptus open forest

Environmental sampling for this location

Biodiversity
Occurrence Density	5635.0 frequency
Species Richness	641.0 frequency
Climate
Precipitation - annual (Bio12)	1441.0 mm
Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19)	4.0 mm
Precipitation - driest period (Bio14)	0.0 mm
Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17)	4.0 mm
Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15)	111.0 mm
Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18)	390.0 mm
Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13)	83.0 mm
Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16)	961.0 mm
Radiation - annual mean (Bio20)	21.2 MJ/m2/day
Radiation - seasonality (Bio23)	10.0
Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26)	23.5 MJ/m2/day
Temperature - annual mean (Bio01)	28.1 degrees C
Temperature - annual range (Bio07)	19.6 degrees C
Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06)	17.6 degrees C
Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11)	25.2 degrees C
Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02)	11.6 degrees C
Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09)	25.2 degrees C
Temperature - isothermality (Bio03)	0.59 %
Temperature - seasonality (Bio04)	0.64
Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05)	37.2 degrees C
Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10)	30.2 degrees C
Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08)	28.8 degrees C
WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - annual	1579.0 mm
WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - coldest quarter	4.0 mm
WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest month	0.0 mm
WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest quarter	4.0 mm
WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - seasonality	111.5178 mm
WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - warmest quarter	397.0 mm
WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest month	387.0 mm
WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest quarter	1060.0 mm
WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean	27.408333 °C
WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual range	18.8 °C
WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest month min	16.8 °C
WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest quarter mean	24.5 °C
WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - diurnal range mean	10.783333 °C
WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - driest quarter mean	24.5 °C
WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - isothermality	57.35816 %
WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - seasonality	196.77899
WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest month max	35.6 °C
WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest quarter mean	29.516666 °C
WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - wettest quarter mean	28.183334 °C
WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality	60.0 %
Substrate
Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28)	0.5
Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32)	1.0
Elevation	9.0 m

Group	Field Name	Original Value	Processed Value


Classification	Scientific name	Dasycercus cristicauda	Dasycercus cristicauda
	Match type		exactMatch
	Phylum id		https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/065f1da4-53cd-40b8-a396-80fa5c74dedd
	Family id		https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/636b19b2-e505-4214-bd1e-697accdc9478
	Taxon concept ID		https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/da406956-8d13-4c68-b1b7-b1e5068eceff
	Order	Dasyuromorphia	Dasyuromorphia
	Taxon rank id		7000
	Species id		https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/da406956-8d13-4c68-b1b7-b1e5068eceff
	Genus	Dasycercus	Dasycercus
	Left		27015
	Scientific name authorship		(Krefft, 1867)
	Taxon rank	Species	species
	Genus id		https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/8475f821-7133-4d06-adbb-79e4b372574a
	Name type		SCIENTIFIC
	Vernacular name	Mulgara	Crest-tailed Mulgara
	Order id		https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/2664a357-4e1e-4a79-95f7-4fa48e0f0091
	Right		27015
	Kingdom	Animalia	Animalia
	Specific epithet	cristicauda
	Class id		https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/e9e7db31-04df-41fb-bd8d-e0b0f3c332d6
	Phylum	Chordata	Chordata
	Class	Mammalia	Mammalia
	Species		Dasycercus cristicauda
	Family	Dasyuridae	Dasyuridae
	Kingdom id		https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/4647863b-760d-4b59-aaa1-502c8cdf8d3c
Event	Verbatim event date	JUL1994
	Year		1994
	End day of year		212
	Dataset name / Survey name	[ANWC salvage pre-Nagoya (12/10/2014)]
	Month		7
	Date precision		DAY_RANGE
	Start day of year		182
	Event date end	1994-07-31
	Event date	1994-07-01/1994-07-31	1994-07-01
Occurrence	Establishment means	wild location
	Catalog number	M24445
	Occurrence status	present	PRESENT
	Basis of record	PreservedSpecimen	PRESERVED_SPECIMEN
	Record number	18/96
	Outlier for layers		[el882, el887, el865]
	Collection code	Mammals
	Occurrence ID	urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:ANWC:Mammals:M24445
	Collection ID	http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34932
	Preparations	body in spirit
	Institution code	ANWC
	Sex	female	FEMALE
	Dataset name / Survey name	[ANWC salvage pre-Nagoya (12/10/2014)]
	Dataset ID	[urn:anwc.csiro.au:collections:3]
Attribution	Data resource		Australian National Wildlife Collection provider for OZCAM
	Collection		Australian National Wildlife Collection
	License		CC-BY
	Data provider uid		dp20
	Provenance		Published dataset
	Data Resource ID	dr341	dr341
	Institution ID		in6
	Data partner		OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
	Institution		Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
	Data hub uid	[dh1]
	Collection ID		co16
Location	Country	Australia	Australia
	Decimal latitude	-20.5667	-20.5667
	Terrestrial	true	true
	Island	not applicable
	Locality	GRANITES GOLDMINE AREA, TANAMI DESERT	GRANITES GOLDMINE AREA, TANAMI DESERT
	Decimal longitude	130.3667	130.3667
	State province	Northern Territory	Northern Territory
	Biome		TERRESTRIAL
	Continent	Oceania
	Coordinate uncertainty in meters	2000.0	2000.0
	Island group	not applicable
	Lga	Central Desert (S)
	Marine	false	false
	Location remarks	confident in available location data
	Country code		AU
	Verbatim SRS	not recorded; assume WGS84 for Australia
	Geodetic datum		EPSG:4326
	Water body	not applicable	not applicable
	Coordinate precision	0.01667	0.01667

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