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Occurrence record: Mammalogy:C38310

Preserved specimen of Rattus lutreolus (J.E. Gray, 1841) | Swamp Rat recorded on 2004-04-15
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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 C38310
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:NMV:Mammalogy:PreservedSpecimen:C38310
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations Skeleton|Dry
Collector Cameron, Heath  
Supplied as "Heath Cameron"
Sex Female
Individual count 1
Associated Occurrence Status Representative record
Associated occurrences This record has 1 inferred associated occurrences
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
Sampling protocol [salvage]
Associated records REPRESENTATIVE

Event

Occurrence date 2004-04-15
Supplied date "2004-04-15T00:00:00\2004-04-15T00:00:00"
Sampling protocol salvage  
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Higher classification Animalia | Chordata | Vertebrata | Mammalia | Rodentia | Myomorpha | Muroidea | Muridae | Murinae
Scientific name Rattus lutreolus
Supplied scientific name "Rattus lutreolus (Gray, 1841)"
Identified to rank species
Common name Swamp Rat
Supplied common name "Australian Swamp Rat"
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Mammalia
Order Rodentia
Family Muridae
Genus Rattus
Species Rattus lutreolus
Name match metric canonicalMatch
Scientific name authorship (J.E. Gray, 1841)
Supplied as (Gray, 1841)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Nomenclatural code ICZN

Geospatial

Higher geography Australia | Victoria
Country Australia
State or Territory Victoria
Locality Lake Purrembete
Latitude -38.2813
Supplied as: "-38.2813"
Longitude 143.234
Supplied as: "143.234"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "WGS84"
Verbatim locality Lake Purrembete
Coordinate precision Unknown
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 5.0
Georeference protocol Approximation
Georeferenced by Laura E. Cook - Museums Victoria
Terrestrial true
Georeferenced date 2017-12-06T00:00
Supplied as 2017-12-06T00:00:00
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU

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    Inferred associated occurrence details

    This record has been identified as the representative occurrence in a group of associated occurrences. This mean other records have been detected that seem to relate to this record and this particular record has the most detailed information on the occurrence. More information about the duplication detection methods and terminology in use is available here:

    Representative Record
    Record UUID 2e063234-428c-48dc-9fb8-0173af9b6d91
    Data Resource Museums Victoria provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Rattus lutreolus (Gray, 1841)
    Coordinates -38.2813,143.234
    Related records
    Record UUID 6980e271-147c-4d59-90d3-9bdb8e0f6521
    Data Resource Museums Victoria provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Rattus lutreolus (Gray, 1841)
    Coordinates -38.2813,143.234

    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    CAPAD 2016 Terrestrial Lake Purrumbete W.R
    CAPAD 2020 Terrestrial Lake Purrumbete W.R
    NRM Regions 2010 Corangamite
    NRM Regions 2017 Corangamite
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Corangamite
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Victorian Volcanic Plain
    IBRA 7 Regions Southern Volcanic Plain
    IBRA 7 Subregions Victorian Volcanic Plain
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 South East Coast (Victoria)
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 BARWON RIVER-LAKE CORANGAMITE
    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 Corangamite (S)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Corangamite - South
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 CORANGAMITE SHIRE
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 7
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 1302
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF VIC.
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) CORANGAMITE - SOUTH
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) COLAC - CORANGAMITE
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) WARRNAMBOOL AND SOUTH WEST
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) WANNON
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) SOUTH-WEST CENTRAL VICTORIA
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) CORANGAMITE - GOLDEN PLAINS
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) VICTORIA EXC. MELBOURNE
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Inner Regional Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) WESTERN VICTORIA
    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 Inland aquatic - freshwater, salt lakes, lagoons
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Freshwater, dams, lakes, lagoons or aquatic plants
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Nature Conservation Reserve
    Vegetation types - native Inland aquatic - freshwater, salt lakes and lagoons
    Vegetation types - present Inland aquatic - freshwater, salt lakes, lagoons

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 758.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 249.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 8.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 117.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 28.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 120.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 21.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 250.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 15.0 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 46.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 22.8 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 13.5 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 22.0 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 4.3 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 9.1 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 10.9 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 18.1 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.49 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.25
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 26.3 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 18.2 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 9.1 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 13.45 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 49.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.71
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0
    Elevation 148.0 m