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Occurrence record: Mammals:JM19900

Preserved specimen of Uromys caudimaculatus (Krefft, 1867) | Giant White-tailed Rat recorded on 2012-10-20
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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 JM19900
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:QM:Mammals:JM19900
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "Preserved specimen"
Preparations Skull
License CC-BY
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Field notes N32974
Sampling protocol [Found dead]

Event

Occurrence date 2012-10-20
Sampling protocol Found dead  
Verbatim event date 20 Oct 2012
End day of year 294
Date precision DAY
Start day of year 294

Taxonomy

Scientific name Uromys caudimaculatus
Identified to rank species
Common name Giant White-tailed Rat
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Mammalia
Order Rodentia
Family Muridae
Genus Uromys
Species Uromys caudimaculatus
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship (Krefft, 1867)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Queensland
Locality Topaz, "Chowchilla" property, Atherton Tableland
Latitude -17.412284
Supplied as: "-17.412284"
Longitude 145.70045
Supplied as: "145.70045"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "WGS84"
Min elevation 710
Field notes N32974
Coordinate precision 0.01667
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 500.0
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 17° 24' 44.222" South
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 145° 42' 1.62" East

Additional properties

object id 456506

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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) Wet Tropics
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Subregions), contextual (polygon) Atherton
    NRM Regions 2010 Wet Tropics
    NRM Regions 2017 Wet Tropics
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Wet Tropics
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Wet Tropics
    IBRA 7 Regions Wet Tropics
    IBRA 7 Subregions Atherton
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 North East Coast
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 JOHNSTONE RIVER
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Queensland (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories Queensland
    Australian States and Territories Queensland
    Local Government Areas 2011 Tablelands (R)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Eacham
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 TABLELANDS REGIONAL
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 10
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 290
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF QLD
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) MALANDA - YUNGABURRA
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) TABLELANDS (EAST) - KURANDA
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) CAIRNS
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) KENNEDY
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) EACHAM
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) EACHAM
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) CAIRNS - ATHERTON
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Outer Regional Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) HILL
    PSMA States (2016) QUEENSLAND
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Social
    Local Government Areas 2023 Tablelands
    Vegetation
    Australia's Indigenous forest estate (2013) v2.0 Non-Indigenous, Native forest
    Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0 Rainforest
    Forests of Australia 2018B Rainforest
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Rainforests and Vine Thickets
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Tropical or sub-tropical rainforest
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Private Freehold
    Vegetation types - native Rainforests and vine thickets
    Vegetation types - present Rainforest and vine thickets

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 11090.0 frequency
    Species Richness 1630.0 frequency
    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 2214.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 233.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 11.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 177.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 71.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 897.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 103.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 1138.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 18.4 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 19.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 20.9 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 20.8 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 17.4 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 11.7 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 16.9 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 9.3 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 19.2 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.53 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 0.94
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 29.1 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 23.9 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 23.3 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - annual 3597.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - coldest quarter 560.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest month 42.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest quarter 179.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - seasonality 79.913155 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - warmest quarter 976.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest month 687.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest quarter 1882.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 20.495834 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual range 16.5 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest month min 11.7 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest quarter mean 16.483334 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - diurnal range mean 8.458334 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - driest quarter mean 20.85 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - isothermality 51.262627 %
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - seasonality 295.1383
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest month max 28.2 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest quarter mean 23.7 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - wettest quarter mean 20.95 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 55.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.88
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0
    Elevation 682.0 m