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Occurrence record: Mammals:M13824

Preserved specimen of Rattus norvegicus (Berkenhout, 1769) | Brown Rat recorded on 1988-06-24
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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 M13824
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:ANWC:Mammals:M13824
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations whole
Sex female
License CC-BY
Rights holder CSIRO
Establishment means wild location
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Bibliographic citation M13824
Collection urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34932
Dataset / Survey name [ANWC general pre-Nagoya (12/10/2014)]
Dataset [urn:anwc.csiro.au:collections:4]

Event

Dataset / Survey name ANWC general pre-Nagoya (12/10/2014)  
Occurrence date 1988-06-24
Verbatim event date 24JUN1988
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Scientific name Rattus norvegicus
Identified to rank species
Common name Brown Rat
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Mammalia
Order Rodentia
Family Muridae
Genus Rattus
Species Rattus norvegicus
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship (Berkenhout, 1769)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Victoria
Locality MELBOURNE METROPOLITAN BOARD OF WORKS, WERRIBEE
Latitude -37.95
Supplied as: "-37.95"
Longitude 144.6167
Supplied as: "144.6167"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality MELBOURNE METROPOLITAN BOARD OF WORKS, WERRIBEE
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) 2000.0
County not applicable
Terrestrial true
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Continent Oceania
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim SRS not recorded; assume WGS84 for Australia

Additional properties

verbatim uncertainty confident in available location data

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    Data quality tests

    Test name Result
    CONTINENT_COORDINATE_MISMATCH Warning
    Geodetic datum assumed WGS84 Warning
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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    NRM Regions 2010 Northern Rivers
    NRM Regions 2017 North Coast
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 North Coast
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions South Eastern Queensland
    IBRA 7 Regions South Eastern Queensland
    IBRA 7 Subregions Scenic Rim
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 South East Coast (NSW)
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 RICHMOND RIVER
    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 Byron (A)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Byron
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 BYRON SHIRE COUNCIL
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 7
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 574
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF NSW
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) MULLUMBIMBY
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) RICHMOND VALLEY - COASTAL
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) RICHMOND - TWEED
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) RICHMOND
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) BYRON
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) BYRON
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) NSW CENTRAL AND NORTH COAST
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Inner Regional Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) LISMORE
    PSMA States (2016) NEW SOUTH WALES
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Vegetation
    Australia's Indigenous forest estate (2013) v2.0 Non-Indigenous, Native forest
    Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0 Eucalypt Tall Open
    Forests of Australia 2018B Eucalypt Tall Open
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Eucalypt Open Forests
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Eucalyptus open forests with a shrubby understorey
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Nature Conservation Reserve
    Vegetation types - native Rainforests and vine thickets
    Vegetation types - present Rainforest and vine thickets

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 2020.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 316.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 11.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 197.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 48.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 724.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 73.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 815.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 16.5 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 26.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 19.7 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 18.4 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 19.3 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 8.0 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 13.8 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 9.7 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 15.4 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.5 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.17
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 27.3 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 22.4 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 21.0 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 17.558334 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 50.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.95
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0
    Elevation 245.0 m