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Occurrence record: Mammalogy:QVM:1959:1:0026

Preserved specimen of Cercartetus nanus (Desmarest, 1818) | Eastern Pygmy-possum
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Dataset

Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Queen Victoria Museum Art Gallery provider for OZCAM
Institution code Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery
Supplied institution code "QVMAG"
Collection Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery - Mammals
Supplied collection code "Mammalogy"
Catalog number QVM:1959:1:0026
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations ?
Individual count 1
License CC-BY-NC 4.0 (Int)
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present

Event

Date precision NOT_SUPPLIED

Taxonomy

Scientific name Cercartetus nanus
Identified to rank species
Common name Eastern Pygmy-possum
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Mammalia
Order Diprotodontia
Supplied as "Diprotodonta"
Family Burramyidae
Genus Cercartetus
Species Cercartetus nanus
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship (Desmarest, 1818)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Tasmania
Locality Richmond Hill
Latitude -41.2
Supplied as: "-41.2"
Longitude 146.9
Supplied as: "146.9"
Datum EPSG:4326
Coordinate precision Unknown
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 10000.0
Terrestrial true
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    NRM Regions 2010 North
    NRM Regions 2017 North NRM Region
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 North NRM Region
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Flinders
    IBRA 7 Regions Furneaux
    IBRA 7 Subregions Flinders
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 Tasmania
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 TAMAR RIVER
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Tasmania (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    Australian States and Territories Tasmania
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated West Tamar - Pt A
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 WEST TAMAR COUNCIL
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) ROSEVEARS
    PSMA States (2016) TASMANIA
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Vegetation
    Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0 Non Forest
    Forests of Australia 2018B Non forest
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Other Grasslands, Herblands, Sedgelands and Rushlands
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Saline or brackish sedgelands or grasslands
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Unresolved Tenure
    Vegetation types - native Eucalypt woodlands
    Vegetation types - present cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 817.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 287.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 8.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 130.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 30.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 132.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 26.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 287.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 13.9 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 50.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 21.4 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 12.9 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 18.8 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 4.1 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 8.9 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 9.1 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 17.1 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.48 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.13
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 23.0 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 17.1 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 8.9 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 12.9125 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 48.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.73
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0
    Elevation 33.0 m