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Occurrence record: MAMM:M65043

Preserved specimen of Ornithorhynchus anatinus (Shaw, 1799) | Duck-billed Platypus
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Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Western Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
Institution code Western Australian Museum
Supplied institution code "WAM"
Collection Western Australian Museum Mammal Collection
Supplied collection code "MAMM"
Catalog number M65043
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:taxonomy.org.au:MAMM:M65043
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations Skin; Skeleton
Identified by Travouillon, K.J.  
Identified date 1/1/2021
Collector Waldon, G.  
Supplied as "Waldon, G."
Sex Female
Individual count 1
Life stage Adult
License CC-BY 4.0 (Int)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Date identified 2021-01-01
Supplied as 1/1/2021

Event

Verbatim event date 6/7/2008
Date precision NOT_SUPPLIED

Taxonomy

Scientific name Ornithorhynchus anatinus
Identified to rank species
Common name Duck-billed Platypus
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Mammalia
Order Monotremata
Family Ornithorhynchidae
Genus Ornithorhynchus
Species Ornithorhynchus anatinus
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship (Shaw, 1799)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Tasmania
Locality South Hobart, Hobart Rivulet behind 35 Strickland Avenue
Latitude -42.897222
Supplied as: "-42.897222"
Longitude 147.288889
Supplied as: "147.288889"
Datum EPSG:4326
Coordinate precision Unknown
Municipality South Hobart
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 42°53`50"S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 147°17`20"E

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    NRM Regions 2010 South
    NRM Regions 2017 South NRM Region
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 South NRM Region
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Tasmanian South East
    IBRA 7 Regions Tasmanian South East
    IBRA 7 Subregions South East
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 Tasmania
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 DERWENT RIVER
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Tasmania (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories Tasmania
    Australian States and Territories Tasmania
    Local Government Areas 2011 Hobart (C)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Hobart
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 HOBART CITY COUNCIL
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 29
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 6437
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) GREATER HOBART
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) SOUTH HOBART - FERN TREE
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) HOBART INNER
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) HOBART
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) CLARK
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) GREATER HOBART
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) HOBART
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) TASMANIA
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Inner Regional Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) HOBART
    PSMA States (2016) TASMANIA
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Vegetation
    Australia's Indigenous forest estate (2013) v2.0 Non-Indigenous, Native forest
    Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0 Eucalypt Medium Woodland
    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 open forests
    Vegetation types - present Eucalyptus open forest

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 669.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 174.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 9.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 141.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 15.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 154.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 16.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 197.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 13.4 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 48.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 20.4 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 11.8 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 18.8 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 3.2 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 7.9 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 9.6 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 11.6 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.51 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.09
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 22.0 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 15.8 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 9.5 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 11.495833 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 50.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.76
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0
    Elevation 186.0 m