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Occurrence record: Mammalogy:M.18558

Preserved specimen of Zyzomys woodwardi (Thomas, 1909) | Kimberley Rock-rat recorded on 1976-10-30
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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.18558
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:4010675,urn:catalog:AM:Mammalogy:M.18558"]
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Collector A. Chapman
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 3.0 (Au)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Associated records REPRESENTATIVE

Event

Event ID urn:australianmuseum.net.au:Events:4010427
Occurrence date 1976-10-30
Supplied date "1976-10-30/1976-10-30"
End day of year 304
Date precision DAY
Start day of year 304

Taxonomy

Scientific name Zyzomys woodwardi
Supplied scientific name "Zyzomys woodwardi (Thomas, 1909)"
Identified to rank species
Common name Kimberley Rock-rat
Supplied common name "Large Rock-rat"
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Mammalia
Order Rodentia
Family Muridae
Genus Zyzomys
Species Zyzomys woodwardi
Name match metric exactMatch
Accepted name Zyzomys woodwardi (Thomas, 1909)
Scientific name authorship (Thomas, 1909)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Name according to (Thomas, 1909)

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Western Australia
Latitude -14.616667
Supplied as: "-14.616667"
Longitude 125.85
Supplied as: "125.85"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality Mitchell Plateau
Location remarks Australia, Western Australia, Mitchell Plateau (14° 37' S, 125° 51' E) 30/10/1976 - 30/10/1976, Field Collected - Terrestrial
Coordinate precision Unknown
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 14° 37' " S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 125° 51' " E

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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 9ad0aeb8-e923-4895-9332-425147c29328
    Data Resource Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Zyzomys woodwardi (Thomas, 1909)
    Coordinates -14.616667,125.85
    Related records
    Record UUID b50fb51f-50c6-4b84-a297-5a594765ac10
    Data Resource Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Zyzomys woodwardi (Thomas, 1909)
    Coordinates -14.616667,125.85

    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    CAPAD 2016 Terrestrial Lawley River
    CAPAD 2020 Terrestrial Lawley River
    CAPAD 2022 - Terrestrial (Collaborative Australian Protected Areas Database) Lawley River
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Regions) Northern Kimberley
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Subregions), contextual (polygon) Mitchell
    NRM Regions 2010 Rangelands
    NRM Regions 2017 Rangelands Region
    Natural Resource Management (NRM) Regions 2023 Rangelands Region
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Rangelands Region
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Northern Kimberley
    IBRA 7 Regions Northern Kimberley
    IBRA 7 Subregions Mitchell
    Hydrology
    Australian Drainage Divisions 2021 Tanami-Timor Sea Coast
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 Tanami-Timor Sea Coast
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 KING EDWARD RIVER
    Indigenous
    Indigenous Areas 2021 North Kimberley
    Indigenous Locations 2021 North-West Kimberley
    Indigenous Regions 2021 Kununurra
    RATSIB (representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander body) Areas 2024 Kimberley
    Land Management
    Western Australian Biodiversity Science Research Priority Regions Kimberley
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Western Australia (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories Western Australia
    Australian States and Territories Western Australia
    Commonwealth Electoral Divisions 2021 Durack
    Electorates March 2025 Durack
    Local Government Areas 2011 Wyndham-East Kimberley (S)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Wyndham-East Kimberley
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 SHIRE OF WYNDHAM-EAST KIMBERLEY
    National Native Title Register (NNTR, Determinations of Native Title) - boundaries and core attributes Uunguu Part A
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 108
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 270
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF WA
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) KUNUNURRA
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) KIMBERLEY
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) WESTERN AUSTRALIA - OUTBACK (NORTH)
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) DURACK
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) NORTH KIMBERLEY
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) NORTH-WEST KIMBERLEY
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) KUNUNURRA
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Very Remote Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) KIMBERLEY, MP
    PSMA States (2016) WESTERN AUSTRALIA
    State Electoral Divisions 2022 Kimberley (Mining and Pastoral)
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Social
    Australia 2021 Australia
    Destination Zones 2021 Kununurra
    Greater Capital City Statistical Areas 2021 Rest of WA
    Local Government Areas 2023 Wyndham-East Kimberley
    Postal Areas 2021 6740
    Remoteness Areas 2021 Very Remote Australia
    States and Territories 2021 Western Australia
    Statistical Areas Level 2 Kununurra
    Statistical Areas Level 3 Kimberley
    Statistical Areas Level 4 Western Australia - Outback (North)
    Tourism Regions 2021 Australia's North West
    Vegetation
    Australia's Indigenous forest estate (2013) v2.0 Other special rights, Native forest
    Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0 Eucalypt Low Woodland
    Forests of Australia 2018B Eucalypt Low Woodland
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Eucalypt Woodlands
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Eucalyptus woodlands with a shrubby understorey
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Nature Conservation Reserve
    Vegetation types - native Eucalypt woodlands
    Vegetation types - present Eucalyptus woodlands

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 1798.0 frequency
    Species Richness 634.0 frequency
    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 1307.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 11.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 0.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 8.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 116.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 370.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 79.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 916.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 21.7 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 10.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 23.8 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 27.3 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 23.1 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 13.7 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 23.2 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 13.1 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 23.6 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.57 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 0.9
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 36.8 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 30.1 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 29.0 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - annual 1329.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - coldest quarter 15.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest month 1.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest quarter 15.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - seasonality 119.10776 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - warmest quarter 286.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest month 347.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest quarter 950.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 27.170834 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual range 21.1 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest month min 14.9 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest quarter mean 23.666666 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - diurnal range mean 12.291667 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - driest quarter mean 23.666666 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - isothermality 58.254345 %
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - seasonality 242.03172
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest month max 36.0 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest quarter mean 29.633333 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - wettest quarter mean 28.45 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 57.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.47
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0
    Elevation 34.0 m