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Occurrence record: Mammals:M10060

Preserved specimen of Melomys Thomas, 1922 | Melomys species recorded on 1980-11-16
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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 M10060
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:ANWC:Mammals:M10060
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations skin; skull
Record number NO.14
Identification qualifier Identified only to genus
Sex male
License CC-BY
Rights holder CSIRO
Establishment means wild location
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Bibliographic citation M10060
Collection urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34932
Dataset / Survey name [ANWC general pre-Nagoya (12/10/2014)]
Dataset [urn:anwc.csiro.au:collections:4]

Event

Dataset / Survey name ANWC general pre-Nagoya (12/10/2014)  
Occurrence date 1980-11-16
Verbatim event date 16NOV1980
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Scientific name Melomys
Supplied scientific name "Melomys sp."
Identified to rank genus
Common name Melomys species
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Mammalia
Order Rodentia
Family Muridae
Genus Melomys
Species Melomys sp.
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship Thomas, 1922
Name parse type INFORMAL

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Queensland
Locality MISSION BEACH, 40 MILES S OF INNISFAIL
Latitude -17.8667
Supplied as: "-17.8667"
Longitude 146.1
Supplied as: "146.1"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality MISSION BEACH, 40 MILES S OF INNISFAIL
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
County not applicable
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
    Invalid scientific name Warning
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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    NRM Regions 2010 Port Phillip and Western Port
    NRM Regions 2017 Port Phillip and Western Port
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Port Phillip and Western Port
    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 WERRIBEE RIVER
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Victoria (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories Victoria
    Australian States and Territories Victoria
    Indigenous Land Use Agreements Djiru People & Ergon Energy ILUA
    Local Government Areas 2011 Brimbank (C)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Brimbank - Sunshine
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 BRIMBANK CITY
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 7
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 815
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) GREATER MELBOURNE
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) SUNSHINE NORTH
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) BRIMBANK
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) MELBOURNE - WEST
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) FRASER
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) BRIMBANK
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) SUNSHINE
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) MELBOURNE
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Major Cities of Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) WESTERN METROPOLITAN
    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 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 cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 548.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 128.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 8.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 116.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 15.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 121.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 13.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 167.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 15.7 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 44.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 23.1 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 14.6 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 22.1 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 4.7 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 9.9 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 10.9 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 19.0 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.49 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.31
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 26.8 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 19.5 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 14.2 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 15.070833 °C
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.51
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.79
    Elevation 45.0 m