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Occurrence record: Mammals:JM17338

Preserved specimen of Uromys caudimaculatus (Krefft, 1867) | Giant White-tailed Rat recorded on 1973-10-24
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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 JM17338
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:QM:Mammals:JM17338
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "Preserved specimen"
Preparations Skull
License CC-BY
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Field notes 5195

Event

Occurrence date 1973-10-24
Verbatim event date 24 Oct 1973
End day of year 297
Date precision DAY
Start day of year 297

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 Eubenangee Swamp Canal Creek via Innisfail
Latitude -17.418056
Supplied as: "-17.418056"
Longitude 145.964167
Supplied as: "145.964167"
Datum EPSG:4326
Field notes 5195
Coordinate precision 0.01667
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 500.0
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 17° 25' 5" South
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 145° 57' 51" East

Additional properties

object id 450183

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    CAPAD 2016 Terrestrial Eubenangee Swamp
    CAPAD 2020 Terrestrial Eubenangee Swamp
    CAPAD 2022 - Terrestrial (Collaborative Australian Protected Areas Database) Eubenangee Swamp
    Directory of Important Wetlands Eubenangee - Alice River
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Regions) Wet Tropics
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Subregions), contextual (polygon) Innisfail
    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 Innisfail
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 North East Coast
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 MULGRAVE-RUSSELL RIVERS
    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 Cairns (R)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Cairns - Pt B
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 CAIRNS REGIONAL
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 0
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 390
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF QLD
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) BABINDA
    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) CAIRNS - SOUTHERN HINTERLANDS
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) CAIRNS - SOUTHERN HINTERLANDS
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) CAIRNS - ATHERTON
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Outer Regional Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) MULGRAVE
    PSMA States (2016) QUEENSLAND
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Social
    Local Government Areas 2023 Cairns
    Vegetation
    Australia's Indigenous forest estate (2013) v2.0 Non-Indigenous, Native forest
    Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0 Melaleuca
    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 Nature Conservation Reserve
    Vegetation types - native Rainforests and vine thickets
    Vegetation types - present Rainforest and vine thickets

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 11456.0 frequency
    Species Richness 1198.0 frequency
    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 3881.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 431.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 20.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 324.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 70.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 1638.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 182.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 1962.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 17.6 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 18.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 20.0 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 24.2 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 15.7 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 15.9 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 20.6 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 8.3 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 22.6 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.53 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 0.88
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 31.6 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 27.2 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 26.6 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - annual 3377.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - coldest quarter 375.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest month 64.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest quarter 314.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - seasonality 71.86723 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - warmest quarter 1270.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest month 651.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest quarter 1716.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 23.95 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual range 15.8 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest month min 15.2 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest quarter mean 20.2 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - diurnal range mean 8.383333 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - driest quarter mean 22.5 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - isothermality 53.05907 %
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - seasonality 272.06284
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest month max 31.0 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest quarter mean 26.9 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - wettest quarter mean 25.85 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 53.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.95
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0
    Elevation 9.0 m