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Occurrence record: Mammalogy:C42263

Preserved specimen of Pseudocheirus peregrinus (Boddaert, 1785) | Common Ringtail Possum recorded on 2025-10-02
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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 C42263
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:NMV:Mammalogy:PreservedSpecimen:C42263
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations Spirit|Wet|formalin 10%|ethanol 70%
Identified by Wildlife Victoria  
Collector Wildlife Victoria
Sex Male
Individual count 1
Life stage Juvenile
Associated Occurrence Status Representative record
Associated occurrences This record has 1 inferred associated occurrences
For more information see Inferred associated occurrence details
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
Sampling protocol [salvage]
Associated records REPRESENTATIVE
Date identified 2025-10-02
Supplied as 02/10/2025

Event

Occurrence date 2025-10-02
Supplied date "2025-10-02T00:00:00\2025-10-02T00:00:00"
Sampling protocol salvage  
End day of year 275
Date precision DAY
Start day of year 275

Taxonomy

Higher classification Animalia | Chordata | Vertebrata | Mammalia | Marsupialia | Diprotodontia | Phalangeriformes | Petauroidea | Pseudocheiridae | Pseudocheirinae
Scientific name Pseudocheirus peregrinus
Supplied scientific name "Pseudocheirus peregrinus (Boddaert, 1785)"
Identified to rank species
Common name Common Ringtail Possum
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Mammalia
Order Diprotodontia
Family Pseudocheiridae
Genus Pseudocheirus
Species Pseudocheirus peregrinus
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship (Boddaert, 1785)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Nomenclatural code ICZN

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Victoria
Locality Strathmore, Strathnaver Avenue
Latitude -37.7183
Supplied as: "-37.7183"
Longitude 144.905
Supplied as: "144.905"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "WGS84"
Verbatim locality Strathmore, Strathnaver Avenue
Coordinate precision Unknown
Georeference sources Google Maps
Georeference protocol Estimation
Terrestrial true
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU

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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 9a0169e3-e8ea-46e4-9dc3-645ef2cc212f
    Data Resource Museums Victoria provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Pseudocheirus peregrinus (Boddaert, 1785)
    Coordinates -37.7183,144.905
    Related records
    Record UUID af66ca3d-1c96-4132-a208-bb37948adccf
    Data Resource Museums Victoria provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Pseudocheirus peregrinus (Boddaert, 1785)
    Coordinates -37.7183,144.905

    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Regions) Southern Volcanic Plain
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Subregions), contextual (polygon) Victorian Volcanic Plain
    IBRA 7.1 Regions Southern Volcanic Plain
    IBRA 7.1 Subegions Victorian Volcanic Plain
    NRM Regions 2010 Port Phillip and Western Port
    NRM Regions 2017 Port Phillip and Western Port
    Natural Resource Management (NRM) Regions 2023 Port Phillip and Western Port
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Port Phillip and Western Port
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Victorian Volcanic Plain
    IBRA 7 Regions Southern Volcanic Plain
    IBRA 7 Subregions Victorian Volcanic Plain
    Hydrology
    Australian Drainage Divisions 2021 South East Coast (Victoria)
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 South East Coast (Victoria)
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 YARRA RIVER
    Indigenous
    Indigenous Areas 2021 Maribyrnong - Moonee Valley
    Indigenous Locations 2021 Moonee Valley
    Indigenous Regions 2021 Melbourne
    RATSIB (representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander body) Areas 2024 Victoria
    Representative Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Body areas (updated 24th March 2026) Victoria
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Victoria (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories Victoria
    Australian States and Territories Victoria
    Commonwealth Electoral Divisions 2021 Maribyrnong
    Electorates March 2025 Maribyrnong
    Local Government Areas 2011 Moonee Valley (C)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Moonee Valley - West
    Local Government Areas 2023 Moonee Valley
    Local Government Areas 2025 Moonee Valley
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 MOONEE VALLEY CITY
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 15
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 857
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) GREATER MELBOURNE
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) STRATHMORE
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) KEILOR
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) MELBOURNE - NORTH WEST
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) MARIBYRNONG
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) MARIBYRNONG - MOONEE VALLEY
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) MOONEE VALLEY
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) MELBOURNE
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Major Cities of Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) WESTERN METROPOLITAN
    PSMA States (2016) VICTORIA
    State Electoral Divisions 2022 Essendon (Northern Metropolitan)
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Social
    Australia 2021 Australia
    Destination Zones 2021 Strathmore
    Greater Capital City Statistical Areas 2021 Greater Melbourne
    Postal Areas 2021 3041
    Remoteness Areas 2021 Major Cities of Australia
    States and Territories 2021 Victoria
    Statistical Areas Level 1 21001123112
    Statistical Areas Level 2 Strathmore
    Statistical Areas Level 3 Keilor
    Statistical Areas Level 4 Melbourne - North West
    Tourism Regions 2021 Melbourne
    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 Non forest
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Private Freehold
    Vegetation types - native Tussock grasslands
    Vegetation types - present cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 181291.0 frequency
    Species Richness 3367.0 frequency
    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 592.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 141.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 8.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 125.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 14.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 131.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 14.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 177.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 15.6 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 44.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 22.9 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 14.7 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 22.1 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 4.8 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 10.0 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 10.8 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 19.1 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.49 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.31
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 26.9 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 19.6 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 14.7 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - annual 608.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - coldest quarter 138.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest month 40.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest quarter 133.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - seasonality 14.444594 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - warmest quarter 134.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest month 63.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest quarter 180.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 14.9625 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual range 21.4 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest month min 5.5 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest quarter mean 10.0 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - diurnal range mean 10.058333 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - driest quarter mean 18.35 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - isothermality 47.00156 %
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - seasonality 403.4123
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest month max 26.9 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest quarter mean 19.9 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - wettest quarter mean 14.283334 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 48.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.56
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.85
    Elevation 56.0 m