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Occurrence record: Mammals:M38966

Preserved specimen of Trichosurus vulpecula (Kerr, 1792) | Common Brushtail Possum recorded on 1981-04-07
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Dataset

Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Australian National Wildlife Collection provider for OZCAM
Institution code Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Supplied institution code "ANWC"
Collection Australian National Wildlife Collection
Supplied collection code "Mammals"
Catalog number M38966
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:ANWC:Mammals:M38966
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations body parts in 70% ethanol
Record number Nelson#519
Sex male
Associated Occurrence Status Representative record
Associated occurrences This record has 5 inferred associated occurrences
For more information see Inferred associated occurrence details
License CC-BY
Rights holder CSIRO
Establishment means wild location
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Bibliographic citation M38966
Collection urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34932
Associated records REPRESENTATIVE
Dataset / Survey name [John Nelson Brain Collection]
Dataset [urn:anwc.csiro.au:collections:169]

Event

Dataset / Survey name John Nelson Brain Collection  
Occurrence date 1981-04-07
Verbatim event date 7-Apr-1981
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Scientific name Trichosurus vulpecula
Identified to rank species
Common name Common Brushtail Possum
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Mammalia
Order Diprotodontia
Family Phalangeridae
Genus Trichosurus
Species Trichosurus vulpecula
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship (Kerr, 1792)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Victoria
Locality Melbourne Zoo, grounds
Latitude -37.78
Supplied as: "-37.78"
Longitude 144.95
Supplied as: "144.95"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality Melbourne Zoo, grounds
Water body not applicable
Island not applicable
Island group not applicable
Location remarks confident in available location data
Coordinate precision 0.01667
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 500.0
County not applicable
Terrestrial true
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Continent Oceania
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim SRS not recorded; assume AGD66 for Australia

Additional properties

verbatim uncertainty confident in available location data

User flagged issues 

    Data quality tests

    Test name Result
    CONTINENT_COORDINATE_MISMATCH Warning
    Geodetic datum assumed WGS84 Warning
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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 a21c6e4a-504f-4adc-89d0-b83728a30b5b
    Data Resource Australian National Wildlife Collection provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Trichosurus vulpecula
    Coordinates -37.78,144.95
    Related records
    Record UUID a292bc04-c56f-4165-bc4f-9f45aa0a1e4d
    Data Resource Australian National Wildlife Collection provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Trichosurus vulpecula
    Coordinates -37.78,144.95
    Record UUID e4a5d512-5ed7-4ea3-aaee-cadf3cb2c64f
    Data Resource Australian National Wildlife Collection provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Trichosurus vulpecula
    Coordinates -37.78,144.95
    Record UUID f9583448-2056-4501-bdb5-2537934fdf51
    Data Resource Australian National Wildlife Collection provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Trichosurus vulpecula
    Coordinates -37.78,144.95
    Record UUID c518a0b8-8f01-451a-bf9e-88a276c7ed43
    Data Resource Australian National Wildlife Collection provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Trichosurus vulpecula
    Coordinates -37.78,144.95
    Record UUID c9560e33-0946-4f65-bc5e-e15c7cf55756
    Data Resource Australian National Wildlife Collection provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Trichosurus vulpecula
    Coordinates -37.78,144.95

    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    NRM Regions 2010 Port Phillip and Western Port
    NRM Regions 2017 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
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 South East Coast (Victoria)
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 YARRA RIVER
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Victoria (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories Victoria
    Australian States and Territories Victoria
    Local Government Areas 2011 Melbourne (C)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Port Phillip - West
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 MELBOURNE CITY
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 28
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 1246
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) GREATER MELBOURNE
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) PARKVILLE
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) MELBOURNE CITY
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) MELBOURNE - INNER
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) MELBOURNE
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) MELBOURNE - PORT PHILLIP
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) MELBOURNE - CENTRAL
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) MELBOURNE
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Major Cities of Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) NORTHERN METROPOLITAN
    PSMA States (2016) VICTORIA
    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 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 Other Crown Land
    Vegetation types - native Eucalypt woodlands
    Vegetation types - present cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 616.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 149.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 9.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 127.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 14.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 133.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 15.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 183.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 15.5 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 44.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 22.9 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 14.8 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 21.9 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 5.0 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 10.1 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 10.7 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 19.2 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.49 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.29
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 26.9 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 19.6 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 14.8 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 15.104167 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 48.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.57
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.87
    Elevation 44.0 m