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Occurrence record: DNA Laboratory:Z72300

Material Sample of Phascolarctos cinereus (Goldfuss, 1817) | Koala
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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 DNA Laboratory
Supplied collection code "DNA Laboratory"
Catalog number Z72300
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:NMV:DNA Laboratory:MaterialSample:Z72300
Record type Material Sample
Supplied basis "MaterialSample"
Preparations Tissue|frozen|ethanol 70%|Skin
Collector Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action
Individual count 1
Associated Occurrence Status Associated record
Associated occurrences The occurrence is associated with a representative record.
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 ASSOCIATED
Disposition In collection

Event

Occurrence date Year: 2019, Month: 12, Day:
Supplied as year:2019  month:12 
Sampling protocol salvage  
Date precision MONTH

Taxonomy

Higher classification Animalia | Chordata | Vertebrata | Mammalia | Marsupialia | Diprotodontia | Vombatiformes | Phascolarctidae
Scientific name Phascolarctos cinereus
Supplied scientific name "Phascolarctos cinereus (Goldfuss, 1817)"
Identified to rank species
Common name Koala
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Mammalia
Order Diprotodontia
Family Phascolarctidae
Genus Phascolarctos
Species Phascolarctos cinereus
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship (Goldfuss, 1817)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Nomenclatural code ICZN

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Victoria
Locality Cape Bridgewater
Latitude -38.34
Supplied as: "-38.34"
Longitude 141.44
Supplied as: "141.44"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "WGS84"
Verbatim locality Cape Bridgewater
Coordinate precision Unknown
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 4.0
Georeference sources Google Earth
Georeference protocol Estimation
Terrestrial true
Georeferenced date 2024-10-17T00:00
Supplied as 2024-10-17T00:00:00
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU

Additional properties

blocked Available for loan
material sample type Tissue
preparation materials ethanol 70%
preparation type Skin
prepared by Karen K. Roberts
preservation date begin 2024-10-16T00:00:00
preservation type ethanol 70%

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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 24308bf1-c73e-45bb-b898-ce29d5a63999
    Data Resource Museums Victoria provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Phascolarctos cinereus (Goldfuss, 1817)
    Coordinates -38.34,141.44
    Related records
    Record UUID e3b32519-a48c-4abc-b118-67795a3ee7c7
    Data Resource Museums Victoria provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Phascolarctos cinereus (Goldfuss, 1817)
    Coordinates -38.34,141.44
    Record UUID 4ba1f183-2b0b-4df0-81f9-76ea5ae14f52
    Data Resource Museums Victoria provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Phascolarctos cinereus (Goldfuss, 1817)
    Coordinates -38.34,141.44
    Record UUID 9c3d0c68-7977-4bc8-bbdd-627118498534
    Data Resource Museums Victoria provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Phascolarctos cinereus (Goldfuss, 1817)
    Coordinates -38.34,141.44
    Record UUID e7849d8f-1116-4e6c-85e6-f9839bdf7dee
    Data Resource Museums Victoria provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Phascolarctos cinereus (Goldfuss, 1817)
    Coordinates -38.34,141.44
    Record UUID eef8b319-78f5-44ad-9855-37f093fcabca
    Data Resource Museums Victoria provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Phascolarctos cinereus (Goldfuss, 1817)
    Coordinates -38.34,141.44
    Record UUID cba1400a-6891-4fed-a36a-f0d93ffde109
    Data Resource Museums Victoria provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Phascolarctos cinereus (Goldfuss, 1817)
    Coordinates -38.34,141.44

    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Regions) Naracoorte Coastal Plain
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Subregions), contextual (polygon) Glenelg Plain
    IBRA 7.1 Regions Naracoorte Coastal Plain
    IBRA 7.1 Subegions Glenelg Plain
    NRM Regions 2010 Glenelg Hopkins
    NRM Regions 2017 Glenelg Hopkins
    Natural Resource Management (NRM) Regions 2023 Glenelg Hopkins
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Glenelg Hopkins
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Naracoorte Coastal Plain
    IBRA 7 Regions Naracoorte Coastal Plain
    IBRA 7 Subregions Glenelg Plain
    Hydrology
    Australian Drainage Divisions 2021 South East Coast (Victoria)
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 South East Coast (Victoria)
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 PORTLAND COAST
    Indigenous
    Indigenous Areas 2021 Southern Grampians - Glenelg
    Indigenous Locations 2021 Glenelg North - Heywood
    Indigenous Regions 2021 Victoria exc. 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 Wannon
    Electorates March 2025 Wannon
    Local Government Areas 2011 Glenelg (S)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Glenelg - Heywood
    Local Government Areas 2023 Glenelg
    Local Government Areas 2025 Glenelg
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 GLENELG SHIRE
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 26
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 721
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF VIC.
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) GLENELG (VIC.)
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) GLENELG - SOUTHERN GRAMPIANS
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) WARRNAMBOOL AND SOUTH WEST
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) WANNON
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) SOUTHERN GRAMPIANS - GLENELG
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) GLENELG NORTH - HEYWOOD
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) VICTORIA EXC. MELBOURNE
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Outer Regional Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) WESTERN VICTORIA
    PSMA States (2016) VICTORIA
    State Electoral Divisions 2022 South-West Coast (Western Victoria)
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Social
    Australia 2021 Australia
    Destination Zones 2021 Glenelg (Vic.)
    Greater Capital City Statistical Areas 2021 Rest of Vic.
    Postal Areas 2021 3305
    Remoteness Areas 2021 Outer Regional Australia
    States and Territories 2021 Victoria
    Statistical Areas Level 2 Glenelg (Vic.)
    Statistical Areas Level 3 Glenelg - Southern Grampians
    Statistical Areas Level 4 Warrnambool and South West
    Tourism Regions 2021 Great Ocean Road
    Vegetation
    Australia's Indigenous forest estate (2013) v2.0 Non-Indigenous, Industrial plantation
    Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0 Softwood plantation
    Forests of Australia 2018B Softwood plantation
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Eucalypt Woodlands
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Eucalyptus woodlands with a tussock grass understorey
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Private Freehold
    Vegetation types - native Eucalypt woodlands
    Vegetation types - present Eucalyptus woodlands

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 7828.0 frequency
    Species Richness 1476.0 frequency
    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 799.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 319.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 5.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 101.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 43.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 101.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 27.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 319.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 15.0 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 47.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 22.2 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 13.9 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 15.8 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 6.7 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 10.7 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 7.9 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 17.2 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.5 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 0.89
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 22.5 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 17.2 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 10.7 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - annual 840.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - coldest quarter 325.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest month 24.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest quarter 107.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - seasonality 41.425953 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - warmest quarter 107.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest month 114.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest quarter 325.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 13.7 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual range 16.1 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest month min 6.6 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest quarter mean 10.25 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - diurnal range mean 7.9833336 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - driest quarter mean 17.3 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - isothermality 49.58592 %
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - seasonality 283.6371
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest month max 22.7 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest quarter mean 17.3 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - wettest quarter mean 10.25 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 50.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.68
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0
    Elevation 48.0 m