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Occurrence record: AustralianBiologicalTissueCollection:ABTC87423

Material Sample of Cercartetus concinnus (Gould, 1845) | Western Pygmy-possum recorded on 2004-09-29
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Dataset

Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource South Australian Museum Adelaide provider for OZCAM
Institution code South Australian Museum
Supplied institution code "SAMA"
Collection South Australian Museum Australian Biological Tissue Collection
Supplied collection code "AustralianBiologicalTissueCollection"
Catalog number ABTC87423
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:446907"]
Record type Material Sample
Supplied basis "MaterialSample"
Preparations Frozen tissue
Record number BS2275
Individual count 1
Associated Occurrence Status Representative record
Associated occurrences This record has 1 inferred associated occurrences
For more information see Inferred associated occurrence details
License CC-BY
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Relationship of resource same individual
Associated records REPRESENTATIVE
Dataset / Survey name [Sandy Deserts Survey]
Disposition in collection
Dataset [F-E116]

Event

Dataset / Survey name Sandy Deserts Survey  
Event ID urn:emu.sam.sa.gov.au:Event:
Occurrence date 2004-09-29
Supplied date "29/09/2004"
End day of year 273
Date precision DAY
Start day of year 273

Taxonomy

Scientific name Cercartetus concinnus
Supplied scientific name "Cercartetus concinnus (Gould, 1845)"
Identified to rank species
Common name Western Pygmy-possum
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Mammalia
Order Diprotodontia
Family Burramyidae
Genus Cercartetus
Species Cercartetus concinnus
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship (Gould, 1845)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory South Australia
Locality Maralinga | 12.6 km NW
Latitude -30.0978
Supplied as: "-30.0978"
Longitude 131.4683
Supplied as: "131.4683"
Datum EPSG:4326
Coordinate precision 0.0001
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 30 05 52 S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 131 28 06 E

Additional properties

blocked no
material sample type tissue
preparation type Liver
preservation temperature -70 degrees Celsius
preservation type Frozen -70C
related resource catalog number SAMA:Mammalogy:M22955
source file SAM-Tissues-DWC-CSV-Export-2412181800.csv

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    Inferred associated occurrence details

    This record has been identified as the representative occurrence in a group of associated occurrences. This mean other records have been detected that seem to relate to this record and this particular record has the most detailed information on the occurrence. More information about the duplication detection methods and terminology in use is available here:

    Representative Record
    Record UUID 817d5c8c-47c5-4635-8621-5456762a34dd
    Data Resource South Australian Museum Adelaide provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Cercartetus concinnus (Gould, 1845)
    Coordinates -30.0978,131.4683
    Related records
    Record UUID e8be710d-0e00-415e-8867-1850f3abef5a
    Data Resource South Australian Museum Adelaide provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Cercartetus concinnus (Gould, 1845)
    Coordinates -30.0978,131.4683

    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Regions) Great Victoria Desert
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Subregions), contextual (polygon) Maralinga
    NRM Regions 2010 Alinytjara Wilurara
    NRM Regions 2017 Alinytjara Wilurara
    Natural Resource Management (NRM) Regions 2023 Alinytjara Wilurara
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Alinytjara Wilurara
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Great Victoria Desert
    IBRA 7 Regions Great Victoria Desert
    IBRA 7 Subregions Maralinga
    Hydrology
    Australian Drainage Divisions 2021 South Western Plateau
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 South Western Plateau
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 GAIRDNER
    Indigenous
    2025 Indigenous Protected Areas (IPAs) - Dedicated Maralinga Tjarutja Lands
    Indigenous Areas 2021 Ceduna - West Coast
    Indigenous Locations 2021 Maralinga Tjarutja
    Indigenous Regions 2021 Port Lincoln - Ceduna
    RATSIB (representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander body) Areas 2024 Greater South Australia
    Marine
    States including coastal waters South Australia (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories South Australia
    Australian States and Territories South Australia
    Commonwealth Electoral Divisions 2021 Grey
    Electorates March 2025 Grey
    Local Government Areas 2011 Maralinga Tjarutja (AC)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Maralinga Tjarutja
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 194
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 697
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF SA
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) WESTERN
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) EYRE PENINSULA AND SOUTH WEST
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) SOUTH AUSTRALIA - OUTBACK
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) GREY
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) CEDUNA - WEST COAST
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) MARALINGA TJARUTJA
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) PORT LINCOLN - CEDUNA
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Very Remote Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) GILES
    PSMA States (2016) SOUTH AUSTRALIA
    State Electoral Divisions 2022 Flinders
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Social
    Australia 2021 Australia
    Destination Zones 2021 Western
    Greater Capital City Statistical Areas 2021 Rest of SA
    Local Government Areas 2023 Maralinga Tjarutja
    Postal Areas 2021 5690
    Remoteness Areas 2021 Very Remote Australia
    States and Territories 2021 South Australia
    Statistical Areas Level 2 Western
    Statistical Areas Level 3 Eyre Peninsula and South West
    Statistical Areas Level 4 South Australia - Outback
    Tourism Regions 2021 Flinders Ranges and Outback
    Vegetation
    Australia's Indigenous forest estate (2013) v2.0 Non-Indigenous, Native forest
    Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0 Eucalypt Mallee Woodland
    Forests of Australia 2018B Eucalypt Mallee Woodland
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Mallee Woodlands and Shrublands
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Mallee with hummock grass
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Unresolved Tenure
    Vegetation types - native Mallee woodlands and shrublands
    Vegetation types - present Mallee woodlands and shrublands

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 797.0 frequency
    Species Richness 203.0 frequency
    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 213.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 47.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 2.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 46.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 24.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 59.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 7.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 65.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 20.4 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 31.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 27.1 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 18.8 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 28.1 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 5.6 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 12.6 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 14.1 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 15.6 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.5 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.64
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 33.7 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 24.7 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 21.4 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - annual 203.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - coldest quarter 47.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest month 13.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest quarter 47.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - seasonality 11.526834 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - warmest quarter 51.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest month 19.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest quarter 56.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 18.5 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual range 26.599998 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest month min 6.2 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest quarter mean 12.4 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - diurnal range mean 13.75 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - driest quarter mean 12.4 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - isothermality 51.69173 %
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - seasonality 474.9019
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest month max 32.8 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest quarter mean 24.05 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - wettest quarter mean 18.683332 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 54.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.1
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.16
    Elevation 263.0 m