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Occurrence record: Mammalogy:C42471

Preserved specimen of Macropus giganteus Shaw, 1790 | Eastern Grey Kangaroo recorded on 2025-05-22
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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 C42471
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:NMV:Mammalogy:PreservedSpecimen:C42471
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations Whole|frozen
Identified by Kevin C. Rowe - Museum Victoria  
Collector Kevin C. Rowe - Museum Victoria
Sex Male
Individual count 1
Life stage Juvenile
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
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Owner institution code NMV
Sampling protocol [salvage]
Date identified 2025-05-22
Supplied as 22/05/2025

Event

Occurrence date 2025-05-22
Supplied date "2025-05-22T09:24:00\2025-05-22T00:00:00"
Sampling protocol salvage  
End day of year 142
Date precision DAY
Event time 09:24:00
Start day of year 142

Taxonomy

Higher classification Animalia | Chordata | Vertebrata | Mammalia | Marsupialia | Diprotodontia | Macropodiformes | Macropodidae | Macropodinae
Scientific name Macropus giganteus
Supplied scientific name "Macropus giganteus Shaw, 1790"
Identified to rank species
Common name Eastern Grey Kangaroo
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Mammalia
Order Diprotodontia
Family Macropodidae
Genus Macropus
Species Macropus giganteus
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship Shaw, 1790
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Nomenclatural code ICZN

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Victoria
Locality Greensborough, Plenty River Trail near intersection with Plenty River Drive
Latitude -37.6902
Supplied as: "-37.6902"
Longitude 145.101
Supplied as: "145.101"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "WGS84"
Verbatim locality Greensborough, Plenty River Trail near intersection with Plenty River Drive
Coordinate precision Unknown
Georeference sources Collector
Georeference protocol gps
Terrestrial true
Georeferenced date 2025-05-22T00:00
Supplied as 2025-05-22T00:00:00
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Continent Australia
Marine false
Country Code AU

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Regions) South Eastern Highlands
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Subregions), contextual (polygon) Highlands-Southern Fall
    IBRA 7.1 Regions South Eastern Highlands
    IBRA 7.1 Subegions Highlands-Southern Fall
    NRM Regions 2010 Port Phillip and Western Port
    NRM Regions 2017 Port Phillip and Western Port
    Natural Resource Management (NRM) Regions 2023 Port Phillip and Western Port
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Port Phillip and Western Port
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions South Eastern Highlands
    IBRA 7 Regions South Eastern Highlands
    IBRA 7 Subregions Highlands-Southern Fall
    Hydrology
    Australian Drainage Divisions 2021 South East Coast (Victoria)
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 South East Coast (Victoria)
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 YARRA RIVER
    Indigenous
    Indigenous Areas 2021 Melbourne - North-East
    Indigenous Locations 2021 Nillumbik
    Indigenous Regions 2021 Melbourne
    RATSIB (representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander body) Areas 2024 Victoria
    Representative Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Body areas (updated 24th March 2026) Victoria
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Victoria (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories Victoria
    Australian States and Territories Victoria
    Commonwealth Electoral Divisions 2021 Jagajaga
    Electorates March 2025 Jagajaga
    Local Government Areas 2011 Nillumbik (S)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Nillumbik - South-West
    Local Government Areas 2023 Nillumbik
    Local Government Areas 2025 Nillumbik
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 NILLUMBIK SHIRE
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 13
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 1155
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) GREATER MELBOURNE
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) PLENTY - YARRAMBAT
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) NILLUMBIK - KINGLAKE
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) MELBOURNE - NORTH EAST
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) JAGAJAGA
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) MELBOURNE - NORTH-EAST
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) NILLUMBIK
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) MELBOURNE
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Major Cities of Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) YAN YEAN
    PSMA States (2016) VICTORIA
    State Electoral Divisions 2022 Bundoora (North-Eastern Metropolitan)
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Social
    Australia 2021 Australia
    Destination Zones 2021 Plenty - Yarrambat
    Greater Capital City Statistical Areas 2021 Greater Melbourne
    Postal Areas 2021 3088
    Remoteness Areas 2021 Major Cities of Australia
    States and Territories 2021 Victoria
    Statistical Areas Level 1 20903121305
    Statistical Areas Level 2 Plenty - Yarrambat
    Statistical Areas Level 3 Nillumbik - Kinglake
    Statistical Areas Level 4 Melbourne - North East
    Tourism Regions 2021 Yarra Valley and the Dandenong Ranges
    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 Eucalypt open forests
    Vegetation types - present Eucalyptus open forest

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 63588.0 frequency
    Species Richness 2355.0 frequency
    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 697.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 175.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 10.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 139.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 15.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 145.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 16.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 203.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 15.3 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 44.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 22.7 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 14.6 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 22.8 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 4.6 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 9.7 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 11.1 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 19.4 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.49 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.35
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 27.4 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 19.6 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 14.7 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - annual 772.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - coldest quarter 189.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest month 47.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest quarter 158.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - seasonality 14.093928 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - warmest quarter 158.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest month 76.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest quarter 224.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 14.654166 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual range 21.6 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest month min 5.4 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest quarter mean 9.7 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - diurnal range mean 9.941667 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - driest quarter mean 19.666666 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - isothermality 46.026234 %
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - seasonality 404.90997
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest month max 27.0 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest quarter mean 19.666666 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - wettest quarter mean 13.883333 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 48.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.65
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.95
    Elevation 113.0 m