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Occurrence record: Mammals:JM18925

Preserved specimen of Melomys burtoni (Ramsay, 1887) | Grassland Melomys recorded on 2007-10-24
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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 JM18925
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:QM:Mammals:JM18925
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "Preserved specimen"
Preparations Spirit
Life stage Male
License CC-BY
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Field notes Saibai S1 V3 Site 1
Sampling protocol [Elliot Trap]

Event

Occurrence date 2007-10-24
Sampling protocol Elliot Trap  
Verbatim event date 24 Oct 2007
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Scientific name Melomys burtoni
Identified to rank species
Common name Grassland Melomys
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Mammalia
Order Rodentia
Family Muridae
Genus Melomys
Species Melomys burtoni
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship (Ramsay, 1887)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Queensland
Locality Saibai Island, Torres Strait
Latitude -9.383333
Supplied as: "-9.383333"
Longitude 142.683333
Supplied as: "142.683333"
Datum EPSG:4326
Field notes Saibai S1 V3 Site 1
Coordinate precision 1
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 1000.0
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 9° 23' South
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Continent Oceania
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 142° 41' East

Additional properties

object id 455703

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    Geodetic datum assumed WGS84 Warning
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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    NRM Regions 2010 Torres Strait
    NRM Regions 2017 Torres Strait
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Torres Strait
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 7 Regions Cape York Peninsula
    IBRA 7 Subregions Cape York-Torres Strait
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 Carpentaria Coast
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 TORRES STRAIT ISLANDS
    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 Telstra and Saibai Island ILUA
    Local Government Areas 2011 Torres Strait Island (R)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Saibai
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 TORRES STRAIT ISLAND REGIONAL
    National Native Title Register (NNTR, Determinations of Native Title) - boundaries and core attributes Saibai Island
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 726
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 804
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF QLD
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) TORRES STRAIT ISLANDS
    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) KALAKAWAL - TOP WESTERN ISLANDS
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) SAIBAI ISLAND
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) TORRES STRAIT
    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 Indigenous owned, Non forest
    Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0 Non Forest
    Forests of Australia 2018B Non forest
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Mangroves
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Mangroves
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Unresolved Tenure
    Vegetation types - native unknown/no data
    Vegetation types - present cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 26.754168 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 72.0 %
    Elevation 0.0 m