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Occurrence record: Mammalogy:M.4379.001

Preserved specimen of Melomys cervinipes (Gould, 1852) | Fawn-footed Melomys recorded on 1928-09-07
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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.4379.001
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:1574633","urn:catalog:AM:Mammalogy:M.4379.001"]
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:AM:Mammalogy:M.4379.001
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations ecatalogue.PrePrepDescription: "Whole skull"; ecatalogue.PreStorageMedium: "Dry";
Collector Cowan, Sally  
Supplied as "Sally Cowan"
Specimen type Holotype: Melomys cervinipes pallidus Troughton & Le Souef, 1929 : Muridae : Rodentia : Mammalia : Chordata
Sex Male
Associated Occurrence Status Associated record
Associated occurrences The occurrence is associated with a representative record.
For more information see Inferred associated occurrence details
License CC-BY 3.0 (Au)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Associated records ASSOCIATED

Event

Event ID urn:australianmuseum.net.au:Events:4018444
Occurrence date 1928-09-07
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Scientific name Melomys cervinipes
Supplied scientific name "Melomys cervinipes pallidus Troughton & Le Souef, 1929"
Identified to rank species
Common name Fawn-footed Melomys
Supplied common name "Cape York Melomys"
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Mammalia
Order Rodentia
Family Muridae
Genus Melomys
Species Melomys cervinipes
Name match metric exactMatch
Accepted name Melomys cervinipes pallidus Troughton & Le Souef, 1929
Scientific name authorship (Gould, 1852)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Name according to Troughton & Le Souef, 1929

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Queensland
Latitude -18.366
Supplied as: "-18.366"
Longitude 146.25
Supplied as: "146.25"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality Hinchinbrook Island
Location remarks ecatalogue.LocCollectionEventLocal: "Australia, Queensland, Hinchinbrook Island (18° 22' S, 146° 15' E) 07/09/1928 - 07/09/1928, Le Souef, A S(Collector), Accession";
Coordinate precision 0.001
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 18° 22' S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 146° 15' E

Additional properties

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dcterms type PhysicalObject

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    Inferred associated occurrence details

    This record is associated with the representative record. This mean another record has been detected to be similar to this record, and that the other record (the representative record) has the most detailed information for the occurrence. More information about the duplication detection methods and terminology in use is available here:

    Representative Record
    Record UUID 41ed155a-8734-4c57-a935-6a65982dc26a
    Data Resource Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Melomys cervinipes pallidus Troughton & Le Souef, 1929
    Coordinates -18.366,146.25
    Related records
    Record UUID 6ce06229-f000-41e9-b151-2dea624280ca
    Data Resource Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Melomys cervinipes pallidus Troughton & Le Souef, 1929
    Coordinates -18.366,146.25
    Record UUID 464f55ba-cd32-4683-aa57-e683989df494
    Data Resource Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Melomys cervinipes pallidus Troughton, E. le G. & Le Souef, A.S.
    Coordinates -18.366,146.25

    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    CAPAD 2016 Terrestrial Girringun
    CAPAD 2020 Terrestrial Hinchinbrook Island
    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 Tully
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 North East Coast
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 HINCHINBROOK ISLAND
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Queensland (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories Queensland
    Australian States and Territories Queensland
    Indigenous Protected Areas 2013 Girringun
    Local Government Areas 2011 Cassowary Coast (R)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Cardwell
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 CASSOWARY COAST REGIONAL
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 74
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 768
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF QLD
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) TULLY
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) INNISFAIL - CASSOWARY COAST
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) CAIRNS
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) KENNEDY
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) TULLY - CARDWELL - JUMBUN
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) CARDWELL
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) TOWNSVILLE - MACKAY
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Very Remote Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) HINCHINBROOK
    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 Casuarina
    Forests of Australia 2018B Other native forest
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Other Forests and Woodlands
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Other forests and woodlands
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Nature Conservation Reserve
    Vegetation types - native Rainforests and vine thickets
    Vegetation types - present Rainforest and vine thickets

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 2424.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 199.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 11.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 165.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 81.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 1156.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 138.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 1340.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 18.4 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 18.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 20.4 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 21.2 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 15.5 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 12.9 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 17.2 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 7.2 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 19.1 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.47 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 0.97
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 28.3 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 24.4 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 23.9 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 20.616667 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 53.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.89
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0
    Elevation 615.0 m