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Occurrence record: Mammalogy:M9028

Preserved specimen of Pseudomys shortridgei (Thomas, 1907) | Heath Rat recorded on 1972-12-09
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Dataset

Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource South Australian Museum Adelaide provider for OZCAM
Institution code South Australian Museum
Supplied institution code "SAMA"
Collection South Australian Museum Mammalogy Collection
Supplied collection code "Mammalogy"
Catalog number M9028
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:143505"]
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations (MS)C
Collector Aitken P.F.,Kowanko A.,Forrest J.
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
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Associated records REPRESENTATIVE
Country conservation Endangered
State conservation Endangered

Event

Event ID urn:emu.sam.sa.gov.au:Event:79845
Occurrence date 1972-12-09
End day of year 344
Date precision DAY
Start day of year 344

Taxonomy

Scientific name Pseudomys shortridgei
Supplied scientific name "Pseudomys shortridgei (Thomas, 1907)"
Identified to rank species
Common name Heath Rat
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Mammalia
Order Rodentia
Family Muridae
Genus Pseudomys
Species Pseudomys shortridgei
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship (Thomas, 1907)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Victoria
Latitude -37.2
Supplied as: "-37.2000"
Longitude 142.6167
Supplied as: "142.6167"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality Pomonal
Coordinate precision 0.0001
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 37 12 00 S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 142 37 00 E

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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 42ec8ef9-f83c-44d3-a0f8-679455184d2b
    Data Resource South Australian Museum Adelaide provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Pseudomys shortridgei (Thomas, 1907)
    Coordinates -37.2,142.6167
    Related records
    Record UUID f6da0a3c-0417-43e8-8971-6fa46f840168
    Data Resource South Australian Museum Adelaide provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Pseudomys shortridgei (Thomas, 1907)
    Coordinates -37.2,142.6167

    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    GER Central Victorial Biolinks GER Central Victorial Biolinks
    GER National Corridor GER National Corridor
    Great Eastern Ranges Initiative GER Great Eastern Ranges Initiative
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Regions) Victorian Midlands
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Subregions), contextual (polygon) Greater Grampians
    NRM Regions 2010 Wimmera
    NRM Regions 2017 Wimmera
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Wimmera
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Victorian Midlands
    IBRA 7 Regions Victorian Midlands
    IBRA 7 Subregions Greater Grampians
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 Murray-Darling Basin
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 DARLING RIVER
    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 Ararat (RC)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Ararat
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 ARARAT RURAL 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) 1302
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF VIC.
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) ARARAT REGION
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) GRAMPIANS
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) NORTH WEST
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) WANNON
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) SOUTH-WEST CENTRAL VICTORIA
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) MOYNE - ARARAT - PYRENEES
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) VICTORIA EXC. MELBOURNE
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Outer Regional Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) LOWAN
    PSMA States (2016) VICTORIA
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Social
    Local Government Areas 2023 Ararat
    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 Eucalypt Woodlands
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Eucalyptus woodlands with a shrubby understorey
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Private Freehold
    Vegetation types - native Eucalypt woodlands
    Vegetation types - present cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 3800.0 frequency
    Species Richness 859.0 frequency
    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 598.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 216.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 6.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 87.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 36.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 90.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 18.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 216.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 16.0 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 45.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 24.4 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 13.7 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 24.7 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 3.5 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 8.5 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 11.9 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 18.7 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.48 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.49
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 28.3 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 19.3 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 8.5 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - annual 651.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - coldest quarter 235.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest month 24.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest quarter 89.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - seasonality 38.08439 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - warmest quarter 89.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest month 81.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest quarter 235.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 13.475 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual range 23.8 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest month min 3.7 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest quarter mean 8.333333 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - diurnal range mean 11.466666 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - driest quarter mean 18.85 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - isothermality 48.17927 %
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - seasonality 428.8118
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest month max 27.5 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest quarter mean 18.85 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - wettest quarter mean 8.333333 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 50.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.6
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.99
    Elevation 239.0 m