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Occurrence record: Mammalogy:M.50996.001

Preserved specimen of Ornithorhynchus anatinus (Shaw, 1799) | Duck-billed Platypus recorded on 2018-02-04
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Dataset

Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
Institution code Australian Museum
Supplied institution code "AM"
Collection Australian Museum Mammalogy Collection
Supplied collection code "Mammalogy"
Catalog number M.50996.001
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:2478941","urn:catalog:AM:Mammalogy:M.50996.001"]
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:AM:Mammalogy:M.50996.001
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations ecatalogue.PrePrepDescription: "Cranium and dentary (2)"; ecatalogue.PreStorageMedium: "Dry";
Sex Male
Associated Occurrence Status Associated record
Associated occurrences The occurrence is associated with a representative record.
For more information see Inferred associated occurrence details
License CC-BY 3.0 (Au)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Sampling protocol [found dead]
Associated records ASSOCIATED

Event

Event ID urn:australianmuseum.net.au:Events:1261553
Occurrence date 2018-02-04
Sampling protocol found dead  
Date precision DAY
Event time 18:0

Taxonomy

Scientific name Ornithorhynchus anatinus
Supplied scientific name "Ornithorhynchus anatinus (Shaw, 1799)"
Identified to rank species
Common name Duck-billed Platypus
Supplied common name "Platypus"
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Mammalia
Order Monotremata
Family Ornithorhynchidae
Genus Ornithorhynchus
Species Ornithorhynchus anatinus
Name match metric exactMatch
Accepted name Ornithorhynchus anatinus (Shaw, 1799)
Scientific name authorship (Shaw, 1799)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Name according to (Shaw, 1799)

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory New South Wales
Latitude -33.0221
Supplied as: "-33.0221"
Longitude 151.41313
Supplied as: "151.41313"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim coordinate system unknown
Verbatim locality Gap Creek, Monkey Farm 410 Owens Road area
Location remarks ecatalogue.LocCollectionEventLocal: "Australia, New South Wales, Martinsville, Gap Creek, Monkey Farm 410 Owens Road area (33° 01' 13" S, 151° 24' 43" E) 04/02/2018 - 04/02/2018, Birks, Mr John Napier - Member of Public(Collector and presenter), found dead, Accession"; ecatalogue.SqsCityTown: "Martinsville";
Coordinate precision 1e-05
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 10000.0
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 33° 1' 19.6" S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 151° 24' 47.3" E

Additional properties

dcterms:modified 2020/7/24
dcterms:type PhysicalObject
dcterms modified 2020/7/24
dcterms type PhysicalObject
verbatim uncertainty 1km-10km

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    Inferred associated occurrence details

    This record is associated with the representative record. This mean another record has been detected to be similar to this record, and that the other record (the representative record) has the most detailed information for the occurrence. More information about the duplication detection methods and terminology in use is available here:

    Representative Record
    Record UUID 00896109-0e62-4baf-8384-955d8e081f56
    Data Resource Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Ornithorhynchus anatinus (Shaw, 1799)
    Coordinates -33.0221,151.41313
    Related records
    Record UUID 98a9c481-c72b-4dbe-b0e5-d75e428c7819
    Data Resource Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Ornithorhynchus anatinus (Shaw, 1799)
    Coordinates -33.0221,151.41313
    Record UUID 3f44ec46-78d7-4ba6-a6da-89663afa51a3
    Data Resource Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Ornithorhynchus anatinus (Shaw, 1799)
    Coordinates -33.0221,151.41313
    Record UUID b5d45a29-c8ae-4ee0-bc31-539d98409c67
    Data Resource Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Ornithorhynchus anatinus (Shaw, 1799)
    Coordinates -33.0221,151.41313
    Record UUID ac39c09b-69b4-4897-901b-e73506d1ec27
    Data Resource Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Ornithorhynchus anatinus (Shaw, 1799)
    Coordinates -33.0221,151.41313
    Record UUID 3fc3cb09-ed1f-4394-9b50-014154d58c51
    Data Resource Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Ornithorhynchus anatinus (Shaw, 1799)
    Coordinates -33.0221,151.41313

    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    GER Hunter Valley GER Hunter Valley
    GER National Corridor GER National Corridor
    Great Eastern Ranges Initiative GER Great Eastern Ranges Initiative
    Hunter Analysis Mask GER Hunter Analysis Mask
    NRM Regions 2010 Hunter-Central Rivers
    NRM Regions 2017 Hunter
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Hunter
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Sydney Basin
    IBRA 7 Regions Sydney Basin
    IBRA 7 Subregions Wyong
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 South East Coast (NSW)
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 MACQUARIE-TUGGERAH LAKES
    Marine
    States including coastal waters New South Wales (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories New South Wales
    Australian States and Territories New South Wales
    Local Government Areas 2011 Lake Macquarie (C)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Lake Macquarie - West
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 LAKE MACQUARIE CITY COUNCIL
    NSW Local Land Services Regions Hunter
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 42
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 8030
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF NSW
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) MORISSET - COORANBONG
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) LAKE MACQUARIE - WEST
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) NEWCASTLE AND LAKE MACQUARIE
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) HUNTER
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) LAKE MACQUARIE
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) LAKE MACQUARIE - WEST
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) NSW CENTRAL AND NORTH COAST
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Inner Regional Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) LAKE MACQUARIE
    PSMA States (2016) NEW SOUTH WALES
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    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 Low Open
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Eucalypt Low Open Forests
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Eucalyptus open forests with a grassy understorey
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Private Freehold
    Vegetation types - native Eucalypt open forests
    Vegetation types - present Eucalyptus open forest

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 972.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 171.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 10.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 149.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 34.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 322.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 34.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 358.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 17.0 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 32.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 22.2 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 17.8 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 22.6 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 5.8 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 12.5 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 11.1 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 13.4 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.49 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.38
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 28.4 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 22.7 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 21.8 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 17.2875 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 49.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.69
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.91
    Elevation 67.0 m