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Occurrence record: Mammals:JM17116

Preserved specimen of Melomys capensis Tate, 1951 | Cape York Melomys recorded on 1993-04-20
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Dataset

Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Queensland Museum provider for OZCAM
Institution code Queensland Museum
Supplied institution code "QM"
Collection Queensland Museum Mammals
Supplied collection code "Mammals"
Catalog number JM17116
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:QM:Mammals:JM17116
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "Preserved specimen"
Preparations Spirit
Life stage Female
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
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Field notes Q12265
Associated records REPRESENTATIVE

Event

Occurrence date 1993-04-20
Verbatim event date 20 Apr 1993
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Scientific name Melomys capensis
Identified to rank species
Common name Cape York Melomys
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Mammalia
Order Rodentia
Family Muridae
Genus Melomys
Species Melomys capensis
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship Tate, 1951
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Queensland
Locality Cape Geanville, 19 km SW, Olive Dunes
Latitude -12.0657947
Supplied as: "-12.067167"
Longitude 143.0971928
Supplied as: "143.09633"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "AGD66"
Field notes Q12265
Coordinate precision 0.01667
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 500.0
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 12° 4' 1.801" South
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Continent Oceania
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 143° 5' 46.788" East

Additional properties

object id 450000

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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 626f8e62-1f5a-449b-9e49-1910ae2f8daf
    Data Resource Queensland Museum provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Melomys capensis
    Coordinates -12.0657947,143.0971928
    Related records
    Record UUID a5c8963e-fe5d-45d9-87bf-8a2bbc2f53c1
    Data Resource
    Raw Scientific Name Melomys capensis
    Coordinates -12.065664,143.09745

    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    CAPAD 2020 Terrestrial Wuthathi (Shelburne Bay) National Park (Cape York Peninsula Aboriginal Land)
    Directory of Important Wetlands Harmer Creek - Shelburne Bay Aggregation
    NRM Regions 2010 Cape York
    NRM Regions 2017 Cape York
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Cape York
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Cape York Peninsula
    IBRA 7 Regions Cape York Peninsula
    IBRA 7 Subregions Jardine-Pascoe Sandstones
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 North East Coast
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 JACKY JACKY CREEK
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Queensland (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories Queensland
    Australian States and Territories Queensland
    Indigenous Land Use Agreements Wuthathi People and Cook Shire Council ILUA
    Local Government Areas 2011 Cook (S)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Cook
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 COOK SHIRE
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 59
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 590
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF QLD
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) CAPE YORK
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) FAR NORTH
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) QUEENSLAND - OUTBACK
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) LEICHHARDT
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) CAPE YORK
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) CAPE YORK WILDERNESS
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) CAPE YORK
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Very Remote Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) COOK
    PSMA States (2016) QUEENSLAND
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Vegetation
    Australia's Indigenous forest estate (2013) v2.0 Non-Indigenous, Native forest
    Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0 Other native forest
    Forests of Australia 2018B Non forest
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Naturally bare - sand, rock, claypan, mudflat
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Naturally bare, sand, rock, claypan, mudflat
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Other Crown Land
    Vegetation types - native Other shrublands
    Vegetation types - present Other shrublands

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 1764.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 68.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 1.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 42.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 101.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 679.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 98.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 1115.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 19.4 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 18.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 22.4 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 26.3 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 14.5 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 18.8 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 24.0 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 9.1 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 25.0 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.63 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 0.53
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 33.3 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 28.0 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 27.5 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 26.170834 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 65.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.59
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0
    Elevation 37.0 m