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Occurrence record: Mammals:M38971

Preserved specimen of Rattus exulans (Peale, 1848) | Polynesian Rat recorded on 1981-04-12
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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 M38971
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:ANWC:Mammals:M38971
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations body parts in 70% ethanol
Record number Nelson#569
Sex not recorded
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 M38971
Collection urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34932
Associated records REPRESENTATIVE
Dataset / Survey name [John Nelson Brain Collection]
Dataset [urn:anwc.csiro.au:collections:169]

Event

Dataset / Survey name John Nelson Brain Collection  
Occurrence date 1981-04-12
Verbatim event date 12-Apr-1981
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Scientific name Rattus exulans
Identified to rank species
Common name Polynesian Rat
Supplied common name "Pacific Rat"
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Mammalia
Order Rodentia
Family Muridae
Genus Rattus
Species Rattus exulans
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship (Peale, 1848)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Papua New Guinea
State or Territory Morobe
Locality Wau Res Inst., hut 3, PNG
Latitude -7.35
Supplied as: "-7.35"
Longitude 146.72
Supplied as: "146.72"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality Wau Res Inst., hut 3, PNG
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 PG
Verbatim SRS not recorded; assume AGD66 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
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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 3a0eaa73-56bc-4005-9e0c-d182d94df10b
    Data Resource Australian National Wildlife Collection provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Rattus exulans
    Coordinates -7.35,146.72
    Related records
    Record UUID dc950b3f-dd65-4bbb-95e4-bb07f39d9a35
    Data Resource Australian National Wildlife Collection provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Rattus exulans
    Coordinates -7.35,146.72

    Additional political boundaries information

    Political
    World Country Boundaries Papua New Guinea

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 22.120832 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 87.0 %