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Occurrence record: Mammalogy:M.12319

Preserved specimen of Ornithorhynchus anatinus (Shaw, 1799) | Duck-billed Platypus recorded on 1970-10-12
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Dataset

Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
Institution code Australian Museum
Supplied institution code "AM"
Collection Australian Museum Mammalogy Collection
Supplied collection code "Mammalogy"
Catalog number M.12319
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:4003745","urn:catalog:AM:Mammalogy:M.12319"]
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:AM:Mammalogy:M.12319
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Collector Temple-Smith, P  
Supplied as "Temple-Smith, P"
Sex Female
License CC-BY 3.0 (Au)
Presence/Absence PRESENT

Event

Event ID urn:australianmuseum.net.au:Events:4020285
Occurrence date 1970-10-12
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Scientific name Ornithorhynchus anatinus
Supplied scientific name "Ornithorhynchus anatinus (Shaw, 1799)"
Identified to rank species
Common name Duck-billed Platypus
Supplied common name "Platypus"
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Mammalia
Order Monotremata
Family Ornithorhynchidae
Genus Ornithorhynchus
Species Ornithorhynchus anatinus
Name match metric exactMatch
Accepted name Ornithorhynchus anatinus (Shaw, 1799)
Scientific name authorship (Shaw, 1799)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Name according to (Shaw, 1799)

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory New South Wales
Latitude -35.033
Supplied as: "-35.033"
Longitude 150.016
Supplied as: "150.016"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality Shoalhaven River, Witt Creek pool
Location remarks ecatalogue.LocCollectionEventLocal: "Australia, New South Wales, Shoalhaven River, Witt Creek pool (35° 02' S, 150° 01' E) 12/10/1970 - 12/10/1970, Temple-Smith, P(Collector), Field Collected - Terrestrial";
Coordinate precision 0.001
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 35° 2' S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 150° 1' E

Additional properties

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dcterms:type PhysicalObject
dcterms modified 2020/2/5
dcterms type PhysicalObject

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    GER National Corridor GER National Corridor
    GER Southern Highlands GER Southern Highlands
    Great Eastern Ranges Initiative GER Great Eastern Ranges Initiative
    K2C Management Regions Shoalhaven
    NRM Regions 2010 Southern Rivers
    NRM Regions 2017 South East NSW
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 South East NSW
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions South Eastern Highlands
    IBRA 7 Regions South Eastern Highlands
    IBRA 7 Subregions Bungonia
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 South East Coast (NSW)
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 SHOALHAVEN RIVER
    Marine
    States including coastal waters New South Wales (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories New South Wales
    Australian States and Territories New South Wales
    Local Government Areas 2011 Goulburn Mulwaree (A)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Goulburn Mulwaree Bal
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 GOULBURN MULWAREE COUNCIL
    NSW Local Land Services Regions South East
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 11
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 2781
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF NSW
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) GOULBURN REGION
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) GOULBURN - MULWAREE
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) CAPITAL REGION
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) HUME
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) SOUTHERN TABLELANDS
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) GOULBURN MULWAREE
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) SOUTH-EASTERN NSW
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Outer Regional Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
    PSMA States (2016) NEW SOUTH WALES
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Vegetation
    Australia's Indigenous forest estate (2013) v2.0 Non-Indigenous, Native forest
    Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0 Eucalypt Medium Woodland
    Forests of Australia 2018B Eucalypt Medium Woodland
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Eucalypt Woodlands
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Eucalyptus woodlands with ferns, herbs, sedges, rushes or wet tussock grassland
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Leasehold
    Vegetation types - native Eucalypt open forests
    Vegetation types - present Eucalyptus open forest

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 695.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 145.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 10.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 140.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 17.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 193.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 17.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 210.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 17.0 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 37.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 23.6 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 13.5 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 26.2 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 0.9 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 7.5 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 12.4 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 8.1 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.47 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.63
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 27.1 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 19.5 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 18.7 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 13.4375 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 47.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.52
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.76
    Elevation 470.0 m