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Occurrence record: Mammalogy:C42239

Preserved specimen of Phascolarctos cinereus (Goldfuss, 1817) | Koala recorded on 2025-02-25
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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 C42239
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:NMV:Mammalogy:PreservedSpecimen:C42239
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations Spirit|Wet|formalin 10%|ethanol 70%
Collector Wildlife Carer | Zoos Victoria - Healesville Sanctuary
Sex Female
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]

Event

Occurrence date 2025-02-25
Supplied date "2025-02-25T00:00:00\2025-08-05T00:00:00"
Sampling protocol salvage  
End day of year 56
Date precision DAY
Start day of year 56

Taxonomy

Higher classification Animalia | Chordata | Vertebrata | Mammalia | Marsupialia | Diprotodontia | Vombatiformes | Phascolarctidae
Scientific name Phascolarctos cinereus
Supplied scientific name "Phascolarctos cinereus (Goldfuss, 1817)"
Identified to rank species
Common name Koala
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Mammalia
Order Diprotodontia
Family Phascolarctidae
Genus Phascolarctos
Species Phascolarctos cinereus
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship (Goldfuss, 1817)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Nomenclatural code ICZN

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Victoria
Locality Hoddles Creek, Jameson Rd, 2.6 km E of Gembrook-Launching Pl Rd
Latitude -37.874
Supplied as: "-37.874"
Longitude 145.623
Supplied as: "145.623"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "WGS84"
Verbatim locality Hoddles Creek, Jameson Rd, 2.6 km E of Gembrook-Launching Pl Rd
Coordinate precision Unknown
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 20.0
Georeference sources Google Earth
Georeference protocol Estimation
Terrestrial true
Georeferenced date 2025-08-22T00:00
Supplied as 2025-08-22T00:00:00
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    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) 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 Yarra Ranges
    Indigenous Locations 2021 Yarra Ranges
    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 Casey
    Electorates March 2025 Casey
    Local Government Areas 2011 Yarra Ranges (S)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Yarra Ranges - Central
    Local Government Areas 2023 Yarra Ranges
    Local Government Areas 2025 Yarra Ranges
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 YARRA RANGES SHIRE
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 38
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 1355
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) GREATER MELBOURNE
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) YARRA VALLEY
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) YARRA RANGES
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) MELBOURNE - OUTER EAST
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) CASEY
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) YARRA RANGES
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) YARRA RANGES
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) MELBOURNE
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Inner Regional Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) GEMBROOK
    PSMA States (2016) VICTORIA
    State Electoral Divisions 2022 Eildon (Northern Victoria)
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Social
    Australia 2021 Australia
    Destination Zones 2021 Yarra Valley
    Greater Capital City Statistical Areas 2021 Greater Melbourne
    Postal Areas 2021 3139
    Remoteness Areas 2021 Inner Regional Australia
    States and Territories 2021 Victoria
    Statistical Areas Level 1 21105128641
    Statistical Areas Level 2 Yarra Valley
    Statistical Areas Level 3 Yarra Ranges
    Statistical Areas Level 4 Melbourne - Outer East
    Tourism Regions 2021 Yarra Valley and the Dandenong Ranges
    Vegetation
    Australia's Indigenous forest estate (2013) v2.0 Non-Indigenous, Native forest
    Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0 Eucalypt Medium Open
    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 5374.0 frequency
    Species Richness 877.0 frequency
    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 1304.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 387.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 15.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 222.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 22.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 231.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 33.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 402.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 14.0 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 47.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 21.1 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 12.2 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 21.1 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 3.3 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 7.5 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 9.5 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 16.8 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.45 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.3
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 24.4 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 17.0 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 9.1 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - annual 1356.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - coldest quarter 388.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest month 66.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest quarter 232.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - seasonality 21.719889 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - warmest quarter 232.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest month 142.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest quarter 422.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 12.541667 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual range 20.1 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest month min 4.1 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest quarter mean 7.9333334 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - diurnal range mean 8.866667 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - driest quarter mean 17.333334 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - isothermality 44.112766 %
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - seasonality 380.33978
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest month max 24.2 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest quarter mean 17.333334 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - wettest quarter mean 9.733334 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 47.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.9
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0
    Elevation 422.0 m