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Occurrence record: Mammals:M37927

Preserved specimen of Sarcophilus harrisii (Boitard, 1841) | Tasmanian Devil recorded on 1974-07-13
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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 M37927
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:ANWC:Mammals:M37927
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations slides of brain sections
Record number Nelson#93
Sex male
Associated Occurrence Status Representative record
Associated occurrences This record has 1 inferred associated occurrences
For more information see Inferred associated occurrence details
License CC-BY
Rights holder CSIRO
Establishment means wild location
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Bibliographic citation M37927
Collection urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34932
Associated records REPRESENTATIVE
Country conservation Endangered
Dataset / Survey name [John Nelson Brain Collection]
Dataset [urn:anwc.csiro.au:collections:169]
State conservation Tasmania: Endangered
Supplied as e

Event

Dataset / Survey name John Nelson Brain Collection  
Occurrence date 1974-07-13
Verbatim event date 13-Jul-1974
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Scientific name Sarcophilus harrisii
Identified to rank species
Common name Tasmanian Devil
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Mammalia
Order Dasyuromorphia
Family Dasyuridae
Genus Sarcophilus
Species Sarcophilus harrisii
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship (Boitard, 1841)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Tasmania
Locality Avoca, Tas
Latitude -41.8
Supplied as: "-41.8"
Longitude 147.73
Supplied as: "147.73"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality Avoca, Tas
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) 500.0
County not applicable
Terrestrial true
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Continent Oceania
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim SRS not recorded; assume AGD66 for Australia

Additional properties

verbatim uncertainty confident in available location data

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    Test name Result
    Geodetic datum assumed WGS84 Warning
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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 38206dca-ed90-4225-8870-30cb14e00921
    Data Resource Australian National Wildlife Collection provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Sarcophilus harrisii
    Coordinates -41.8,147.73
    Related records
    Record UUID ac1b8390-1a55-4dce-8b82-d11d5d2237e2
    Data Resource Australian National Wildlife Collection provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Sarcophilus harrisii
    Coordinates -41.8,147.73

    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    NRM Regions 2010 North
    NRM Regions 2017 North NRM Region
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 North NRM Region
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Tasmanian Northern Midlands
    IBRA 7 Regions Tasmanian Northern Midlands
    IBRA 7 Subregions Northern Midlands
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 Tasmania
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 TAMAR 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 Northern Midlands (M)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Northern Midlands - Pt B
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 NORTHERN MIDLANDS COUNCIL
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 3
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 1233
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF TAS.
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) NORTHERN MIDLANDS
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) NORTH EAST
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) LAUNCESTON AND NORTH EAST
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) LYONS
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) CENTRAL TASMANIA
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) CAMPBELL TOWN
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) TASMANIA
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Outer Regional Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) MCINTYRE
    PSMA States (2016) TASMANIA
    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 Tussock grasslands
    Vegetation types - present Tussock grasslands

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 511.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 133.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 6.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 106.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 17.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 120.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 13.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 151.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 14.4 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 47.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 22.2 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 11.6 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 22.4 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 1.2 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 7.0 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 11.7 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 14.6 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.52 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.27
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 23.5 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 16.2 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 8.9 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 11.9625 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 52.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.57
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.88
    Elevation 207.0 m