Occurrence record: Mammalogy:C5746-3

Preserved specimen of Thylacinus cynocephalus (Harris, 1808) | Thylacine

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Dataset

Data partner	OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource	Museums Victoria provider for OZCAM
Institution code	Museums Victoria Supplied institution code "NMV"
Collection	Museums Victoria Mammalogy Collection Supplied collection code "Mammalogy"
Catalog number	C5746-3
Occurrence ID	urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:NMV:Mammalogy:PreservedSpecimen:C5746-3
Record type	Preserved specimen Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations	Tooth (teeth)\|Dry
Collector	Unknown
Sex	Male
Individual count	1
License	CC0 Supplied as https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode
Rights holder	Museums Victoria
Institution ID	urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34978
Language	en
Type	PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence	PRESENT Supplied as present
Owner institution code	NMV
Country conservation	Extinct
State conservation	Extinct

Event

Date precision	NOT_SUPPLIED

Taxonomy

Higher classification	Animalia \| Chordata \| Vertebrata \| Mammalia \| Marsupialia \| Dasyuromorphia \| Thylacinidae
Scientific name	Thylacinus cynocephalus Supplied scientific name "Thylacinus cynocephalus (Harris, 1808)"
Identified to rank	species
Common name	Thylacine
Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Class	Mammalia
Order	Dasyuromorphia
Family	Thylacinidae
Genus	Thylacinus
Species	Thylacinus cynocephalus
Name match metric	exactMatch
Scientific name authorship	(Harris, 1808)
Name parse type	SCIENTIFIC
Nomenclatural code	ICZN

Geospatial

Country	Australia
State or Territory	Tasmania
Locality	Arthurs Lakes, Western Tiers
Latitude	-41.98 Supplied as: "-41.98"
Longitude	146.92 Supplied as: "146.92"
Datum	EPSG:4326 Supplied datum: "WGS84"
Verbatim locality	Arthurs Lakes, Western Tiers
Coordinate precision	Unknown
Georeference protocol	AMG conversion, collection or Gazetteer
Terrestrial	true
Biome	TERRESTRIAL
Marine	false
Country Code	AU

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CONTINENT_COORDINATE_MISMATCH	Passed
Continent country mismatch	Passed
Continent derived from coordinates	Passed
CONTINENT_DERIVED_FROM_COUNTRY	Passed
Continent invalid	Passed
Coordinates centre of country	Passed
Supplied coordinates centre of state	Passed
Coordinate invalid	Passed
Coordinates are out of range for species	Passed
Coordinates converted to WGS84	Passed
Decimal latitude/longitude conversion failed	Passed
Coordinate reprojection suspicious	Passed
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Different owner institution	Passed
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Institution and Collection mismatch	Passed
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Modified date invalid	Passed
Modified date unlikely	Passed
Multimedia date invalid	Passed
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Name not supplied	Passed
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Occurrence status inferred from individual count	Passed
Occurrence status unparsable	Passed
Latitude is negated	Passed
Longitude is negated	Passed
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SCIENTIFIC_NAME_AND_ID_INCONSISTENT	Passed
Sensitivity report invalid	Passed
Sensitivity report not loadable	Passed
Coordinates dont match supplied state	Passed
Taxon affinity species	Passed
TAXON_CONCEPT_ID_NOT_FOUND	Passed
Taxon confer species	Passed
Taxon default match	Passed
Taxon error	Passed
Taxon excluded	Passed
Taxon excluded associated	Passed
Taxon homonym	Passed
Taxon indeterminate species	Passed
Taxon match aggregate	Passed
Taxon match fuzzy	Passed
Taxon match higher rank	Passed
TAXON_MATCH_NAME_AND_ID_AMBIGUOUS	Passed
Taxon match none	Passed
TAXON_MATCH_TAXON_CONCEPT_ID_IGNORED	Passed
Taxon misapplied	Passed
Taxon misapplied matched	Passed
Taxon parent child synonym	Passed
Taxon question species	Passed
Resource taxonomic scope mismatch	Passed
Taxon species plural	Passed
Coordinate precision and uncertainty transposed	Passed
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Kingdom not recognised	Passed
Unrecognized collection code	Passed
Unrecognized institution code	Passed
Supplied coordinates are zero	Passed
Biosecurity issue	Passed
Suspected outlier	Passed
Geospatial issue	Passed
Habitat incorrect for species	Passed
Taxon misidentified	Passed
Taxonomic issue	Passed
Temporal issue	Passed
Other issue	Passed
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Georeferenced after occurrence date	Unchecked (lack of data)
Identification date before occurrence date	Unchecked (lack of data)
First of the month	Unchecked (lack of data)
First of the year	Unchecked (lack of data)
First of the century	Unchecked (lack of data)
Coordinate precision invalid	Unchecked (lack of data)
Footprint SRS invalid	Unchecked (lack of data)
Footprint WKT mismatch	Unchecked (lack of data)
Footprint WKT invalid	Unchecked (lack of data)
Recorded date mismatch	Unchecked (lack of data)
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Recorded date unlikely	Unchecked (lack of data)
TAXON_MATCH_SCIENTIFIC_NAME_ID_IGNORED	Unchecked (lack of data)
TAXON_MATCH_TAXON_ID_IGNORED	Unchecked (lack of data)
SCIENTIFIC_NAME_ID_NOT_FOUND	Unchecked (lack of data)
TAXON_ID_NOT_FOUND	Unchecked (lack of data)
Depth value supplied in feet	Unchecked (lack of data)
Depth unlikely	Unchecked (lack of data)
Min and max depth reversed	Unchecked (lack of data)
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Min and max altitude reversed	Unchecked (lack of data)
Altitude value supplied in feet	Unchecked (lack of data)
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Type status invalid	Unchecked (lack of data)
References uri invalid	Unchecked (lack of data)
Georeferenced date unlikely	Unchecked (lack of data)
Georeferenced date invalid	Unchecked (lack of data)

Additional political boundaries information

Area Management
IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Regions)	Tasmanian Central Highlands
IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Subregions), contextual (polygon)	Central Highlands
NRM Regions 2010	South
NRM Regions 2017	South NRM Region
Natural Resource Management (NRM) Regions 2023	South NRM Region
Area management
National Landcare Program Management Units 2018	South NRM Region
Biodiversity
IBRA 6 Regions	Tasmanian Central Highlands
IBRA 7 Regions	Tasmanian Central Highlands
IBRA 7 Subregions	Central Highlands
Hydrology
Australian Drainage Divisions 2021	Tasmania
Drainage Divisions Level 1	Tasmania
Drainage Divisions Level 2	TAMAR RIVER
Indigenous
Indigenous Areas 2021	Central Tasmania
Indigenous Locations 2021	Central Highlands (Tas.)
Indigenous Regions 2021	Tasmania
RATSIB (representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander body) Areas 2024	Tasmania
Marine
States including coastal waters	Tasmania (including Coastal Waters)
Political
ASGS Australian States and Territories	Tasmania
Australian States and Territories	Tasmania
Commonwealth Electoral Divisions 2021	Lyons
Electorates March 2025	Lyons
Local Government Areas 2011	Central Highlands (M)
Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated	Central Highlands
Local Government Areas 2023	Central Highlands (Tas.)
Local Government Areas PSMA 2018	CENTRAL HIGHLANDS COUNCIL
PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016)	3
PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016)	1233
PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016)	REST OF TAS.
PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016)	CENTRAL HIGHLANDS
PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016)	CENTRAL HIGHLANDS (TAS.)
PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016)	SOUTH EAST
PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018)	LYONS
PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016)	CENTRAL TASMANIA
PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016)	CENTRAL HIGHLANDS (TAS.)
PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016)	TASMANIA
PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016)	Outer Regional Australia
PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018)	DERWENT
PSMA States (2016)	TASMANIA
State Electoral Divisions 2022	Lyons (Derwent)
World Country Boundaries	Australia
Social
Australia 2021	Australia
Destination Zones 2021	Central Highlands
Greater Capital City Statistical Areas 2021	Rest of Tas.
Postal Areas 2021	7030
Remoteness Areas 2021	Outer Regional Australia
States and Territories 2021	Tasmania
Statistical Areas Level 2	Central Highlands
Statistical Areas Level 3	Central Highlands (Tas.)
Statistical Areas Level 4	South East
Tourism Regions 2021	Hobart and the South
Vegetation
Australia's Indigenous forest estate (2013) v2.0	Non-Indigenous, Non forest
Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0	Non Forest
Forests of Australia 2018B	Eucalypt Medium Woodland
NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups	Eucalypt Open Forests
NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups	Eucalyptus open forests with a shrubby understorey
Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0	Private Freehold
Vegetation types - native	Inland aquatic - freshwater, salt lakes and lagoons
Vegetation types - present	Inland aquatic - freshwater, salt lakes, lagoons

Environmental sampling for this location

Biodiversity
Occurrence Density	3246.0 frequency
Species Richness	603.0 frequency
Climate
Precipitation - annual (Bio12)	793.0 mm
Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19)	247.0 mm
Precipitation - driest period (Bio14)	9.0 mm
Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17)	139.0 mm
Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15)	22.0 mm
Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18)	150.0 mm
Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13)	22.0 mm
Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16)	251.0 mm
Radiation - annual mean (Bio20)	13.5 MJ/m2/day
Radiation - seasonality (Bio23)	49.0
Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26)	21.4 MJ/m2/day
Temperature - annual mean (Bio01)	7.0 degrees C
Temperature - annual range (Bio07)	20.0 degrees C
Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06)	-1.5 degrees C
Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11)	2.6 degrees C
Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02)	9.6 degrees C
Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09)	11.1 degrees C
Temperature - isothermality (Bio03)	0.48 %
Temperature - seasonality (Bio04)	1.24
Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05)	18.6 degrees C
Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10)	11.5 degrees C
Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08)	4.1 degrees C
WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - annual	922.0 mm
WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - coldest quarter	295.0 mm
WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest month	43.0 mm
WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest quarter	164.0 mm
WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - seasonality	24.24665 mm
WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - warmest quarter	164.0 mm
WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest month	108.0 mm
WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest quarter	304.0 mm
WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean	7.2208333 °C
WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual range	18.199999 °C
WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest month min	-0.8 °C
WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest quarter mean	2.7166667 °C
WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - diurnal range mean	7.958333 °C
WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - driest quarter mean	11.783333 °C
WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - isothermality	43.727108 %
WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - seasonality	368.14313
WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest month max	17.4 °C
WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest quarter mean	11.783333 °C
WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - wettest quarter mean	3.1333334 °C
WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality	48.0 %
Substrate
Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28)	0.84
Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32)	1.0
Elevation	951.0 m

Group	Field Name	Original Value	Processed Value


Classification	Scientific name	Thylacinus cynocephalus (Harris, 1808)	Thylacinus cynocephalus
	Match type		exactMatch
	Phylum id		https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/065f1da4-53cd-40b8-a396-80fa5c74dedd
	Family id		https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/f5023b68-1f79-4ea8-aeb0-afaa090b2e8c
	Taxon concept ID		https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/bc150e0a-660a-48bc-be74-bca735d54179
	Order	Dasyuromorphia	Dasyuromorphia
	Taxon rank id		7000
	Species id		https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/bc150e0a-660a-48bc-be74-bca735d54179
	Genus	Thylacinus	Thylacinus
	Left		27104
	Higher classification	Animalia \| Chordata \| Vertebrata \| Mammalia \| Marsupialia \| Dasyuromorphia \| Thylacinidae
	Scientific name authorship	(Harris, 1808)	(Harris, 1808)
	Taxon rank	Species	species
	Genus id		https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/9336e252-25f7-4a83-9e10-97ee6e7f87c8
	Name type		SCIENTIFIC
	Vernacular name	Thylacine	Thylacine
	Nomenclatural code	ICZN
	Order id		https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/2664a357-4e1e-4a79-95f7-4fa48e0f0091
	Right		27104
	Kingdom	Animalia	Animalia
	Specific epithet	cynocephalus
	Class id		https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/e9e7db31-04df-41fb-bd8d-e0b0f3c332d6
	Phylum	Chordata	Chordata
	Class	Mammalia	Mammalia
	Species		Thylacinus cynocephalus
	Family	Thylacinidae	Thylacinidae
	Kingdom id		https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/4647863b-760d-4b59-aaa1-502c8cdf8d3c
Event	Date precision		NOT_SUPPLIED
Occurrence	Rights holder		Museums Victoria
	Institution ID	urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34978
	Individual count	1	1
	Language	en
	Type		PhysicalObject
	Catalog number	C5746-3
	Occurrence status	present	PRESENT
	Basis of record	PreservedSpecimen	PRESERVED_SPECIMEN
	Modified	2026-05-12T14:03:00	2026-05-12T14:03
	Collection code	Mammalogy
	Occurrence ID	urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:NMV:Mammalogy:PreservedSpecimen:C5746-3
	Owner institution code	NMV
	Preparations	Tooth (teeth)\|Dry
	Institution code	NMV
	Country conservation		Extinct
	Sex	Male	MALE
	Recorded by	Unknown
	State conservation		Extinct
Attribution	Data resource		Museums Victoria provider for OZCAM
	Collection		Museums Victoria Mammalogy Collection
	License	https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode	CC0
	Data provider uid		dp20
	Provenance		Published dataset
	Data Resource ID	dr342	dr342
	Institution ID		in16
	Data partner		OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
	Institution		Museums Victoria
	Data hub uid	[dh1]
	Collection ID		co118
Location	Country	Australia	Australia
	Decimal latitude	-41.98	-41.98
	Terrestrial	true	true
	Locality	Arthurs Lakes, Western Tiers	Arthurs Lakes, Western Tiers
	Decimal longitude	146.92	146.92
	State province	Tasmania	Tasmania
	Verbatim locality	Arthurs Lakes, Western Tiers
	Biome		TERRESTRIAL
	Lga	Central Highlands (M)
	Marine	false	false
	Country code		AU
	Georeference protocol	AMG conversion, collection or Gazetteer
	Geodetic datum	WGS84	EPSG:4326

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