Occurrence record: Mammalogy:PA.493.001

Preserved specimen of Trichosurus vulpecula fuliginosus (Ogilby, 1831) | Tasmanian Brushtail Possum recorded on 1866/1866

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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	PA.493.001
Other catalog numbers	["ecatalogue.irn:10560851,urn:catalog:AM:Mammalogy:PA.493.001"]
Record type	Preserved specimen Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Collector	G. Masters
Associated Occurrence Status	Associated record
Associated occurrences	The occurrence is associated with a representative record. For more information see Inferred associated occurrence details
License	CC-BY 3.0 (Au)
Presence/Absence	PRESENT
Associated records	ASSOCIATED

Event

Event ID	urn:australianmuseum.net.au:Events:1089397
Occurrence date	[date not supplied] Year: 1866, Month: , Day: Supplied date "1866/1866"
Date precision	YEAR

Taxonomy

Scientific name	Trichosurus vulpecula fuliginosus Supplied scientific name "Trichosurus vulpecula fuliginosus (Ogilby, 1831)"
Identified to rank	subspecies
Common name	Tasmanian Brushtail Possum
Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Class	Mammalia
Order	Diprotodontia
Family	Phalangeridae
Genus	Trichosurus
Species	Trichosurus vulpecula
Name match metric	exactMatch
Accepted name	Trichosurus vulpecula fuliginosus (Ogilby, 1831)
Subspecies	Trichosurus vulpecula fuliginosus
Scientific name authorship	(Ogilby, 1831)
Name parse type	SCIENTIFIC
Name according to	(Ogilby, 1831)

Geospatial

Country	Australia
State or Territory	Tasmania
Latitude	-42.22389 Supplied as: "-42.22389"
Longitude	146.80888 Supplied as: "146.80888"
Datum	EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality	OUSE R
Location remarks	Australia, Tasmania, OUSE R (42° 13' 26" S, 146° 48' 32" E) 1866 - 1866, Field Collected - Terrestrial
Coordinate precision	Unknown
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres)	10000.0
Terrestrial	true
Verbatim latitude	42° 13' 26" S
Biome	TERRESTRIAL
Marine	false
Country Code	AU
Verbatim longitude	146° 48' 32" E

Additional properties

verbatim uncertainty	1km-10km

User flagged issues

Data quality tests

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Taxonomic issue	Passed
Temporal issue	Passed
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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:

https://github.com/AtlasOfLivingAustralia/ala-dataquality/wiki/INFERRED_DUPLICATE_RECORD

Representative Record
Record UUID	01e25798-fc67-46fe-ab73-0be5071e087b
Data Resource	Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
Raw Scientific Name	Trichosurus vulpecula fuliginosus (Ogilby, 1831)
Coordinates	-42.22389,146.80888
Related records
Record UUID	e0c10d61-81bb-49a6-8841-e8945784037b
Data Resource	Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
Raw Scientific Name	Trichosurus vulpecula fuliginosus (Ogilby, 1831)
Coordinates	-42.22389,146.80888
Record UUID	83575c2c-a34f-45e6-b602-5c82dd08a0c5
Data Resource	Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
Raw Scientific Name	Trichosurus vulpecula fuliginosus (Ogilby, 1831)
Coordinates	-42.22389,146.80888
Record UUID	e4f4fd9e-95cc-46a2-8f66-3afd24ca4708
Data Resource	Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
Raw Scientific Name	Trichosurus vulpecula fuliginosus (Ogilby, 1831)
Coordinates	-42.22389,146.80888
Record UUID	b668f27f-c123-442c-bbe8-bd96c81f1408
Data Resource	Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
Raw Scientific Name	Trichosurus vulpecula fuliginosus (Ogilby, 1831)
Coordinates	-42.22389,146.80888

Additional political boundaries information

Area Management
IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Regions)	Tasmanian South East
IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Subregions), contextual (polygon)	South East
NRM Regions 2010	South
NRM Regions 2017	South NRM Region
Natural Resource Management (NRM) Regions 2023	South NRM Region
Area management
National Landcare Program Management Units 2018	South NRM Region
Biodiversity
IBRA 6 Regions	Tasmanian South East
IBRA 7 Regions	Tasmanian South East
IBRA 7 Subregions	South East
Hydrology
Australian Drainage Divisions 2021	Tasmania
Drainage Divisions Level 1	Tasmania
Drainage Divisions Level 2	DERWENT RIVER
Indigenous
Indigenous Areas 2021	Central Tasmania
Indigenous Locations 2021	Central Highlands (Tas.)
Indigenous Regions 2021	Tasmania
RATSIB (representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander body) Areas 2024	Tasmania
Marine
States including coastal waters	Tasmania (including Coastal Waters)
Political
ASGS Australian States and Territories	Tasmania
Australian States and Territories	Tasmania
Commonwealth Electoral Divisions 2021	Lyons
Electorates March 2025	Lyons
Local Government Areas 2011	Central Highlands (M)
Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated	Central Highlands
Local Government Areas 2023	Central Highlands (Tas.)
Local Government Areas PSMA 2018	CENTRAL HIGHLANDS COUNCIL
PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016)	3
PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016)	1233
PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016)	REST OF TAS.
PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016)	CENTRAL HIGHLANDS
PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016)	CENTRAL HIGHLANDS (TAS.)
PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016)	SOUTH EAST
PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018)	LYONS
PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016)	CENTRAL TASMANIA
PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016)	CENTRAL HIGHLANDS (TAS.)
PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016)	TASMANIA
PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016)	Remote Australia
PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018)	DERWENT
PSMA States (2016)	TASMANIA
State Electoral Divisions 2022	Lyons (Derwent)
World Country Boundaries	Australia
Social
Australia 2021	Australia
Destination Zones 2021	Central Highlands
Greater Capital City Statistical Areas 2021	Rest of Tas.
Postal Areas 2021	7140
Remoteness Areas 2021	Remote Australia
States and Territories 2021	Tasmania
Statistical Areas Level 2	Central Highlands
Statistical Areas Level 3	Central Highlands (Tas.)
Statistical Areas Level 4	South East
Tourism Regions 2021	Hobart and the South
Vegetation
Australia's Indigenous forest estate (2013) v2.0	Non-Indigenous, Native forest
Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0	Eucalypt Tall Woodland
Forests of Australia 2018B	Non forest
NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups	Eucalypt Open Forests
NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups	Eucalyptus open forests with a grassy understorey
Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0	Private Freehold
Vegetation types - native	Eucalypt open forests
Vegetation types - present	Eucalyptus open forest

Environmental sampling for this location

Biodiversity
Occurrence Density	6082.0 frequency
Species Richness	699.0 frequency
Climate
Precipitation - annual (Bio12)	623.0 mm
Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19)	168.0 mm
Precipitation - driest period (Bio14)	8.0 mm
Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17)	123.0 mm
Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15)	20.0 mm
Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18)	128.0 mm
Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13)	15.0 mm
Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16)	197.0 mm
Radiation - annual mean (Bio20)	13.8 MJ/m2/day
Radiation - seasonality (Bio23)	48.0
Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26)	21.8 MJ/m2/day
Temperature - annual mean (Bio01)	10.2 degrees C
Temperature - annual range (Bio07)	23.0 degrees C
Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06)	0.0 degrees C
Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11)	5.5 degrees C
Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02)	12.0 degrees C
Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09)	14.3 degrees C
Temperature - isothermality (Bio03)	0.52 %
Temperature - seasonality (Bio04)	1.29
Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05)	23.0 degrees C
Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10)	14.8 degrees C
Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08)	7.4 degrees C
WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - annual	670.0 mm
WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - coldest quarter	180.0 mm
WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest month	36.0 mm
WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest quarter	133.0 mm
WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - seasonality	17.98815 mm
WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - warmest quarter	142.0 mm
WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest month	68.0 mm
WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest quarter	201.0 mm
WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean	9.945833 °C
WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual range	21.199999 °C
WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest month min	0.7 °C
WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest quarter mean	5.4833336 °C
WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - diurnal range mean	11.025 °C
WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - driest quarter mean	14.3 °C
WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - isothermality	52.00472 %
WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - seasonality	360.35623
WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest month max	21.9 °C
WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest quarter mean	14.383333 °C
WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - wettest quarter mean	7.75 °C
WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality	50.0 %
Substrate
Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28)	0.73
Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32)	1.0
Elevation	466.0 m

Group	Field Name	Original Value	Processed Value


Classification	Scientific name	Trichosurus vulpecula fuliginosus (Ogilby, 1831)	Trichosurus vulpecula fuliginosus
	Match type		exactMatch
	Phylum id		https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/065f1da4-53cd-40b8-a396-80fa5c74dedd
	Family id		https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/d97711e4-ae91-45bf-b03c-e33e71624435
	Taxon concept ID		https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/15e7278f-5f69-4f1e-b9f8-022ca8fcd417
	Order	Diprotodontia	Diprotodontia
	Taxon rank id		8000
	Accepted name usage	Trichosurus vulpecula fuliginosus (Ogilby, 1831)
	Species id		https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/ee2cb6a9-e17c-4ca7-8aef-76d69eb969ed
	Genus	Trichosurus	Trichosurus
	Left		27646
	Subspecies	Trichosurus vulpecula fuliginosus	Trichosurus vulpecula fuliginosus
	Scientific name authorship		(Ogilby, 1831)
	Taxon rank		subspecies
	Genus id		https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/184bffbd-2ce3-4b12-a25d-46939280c08a
	Name type		SCIENTIFIC
	Vernacular name		Tasmanian Brushtail Possum
	Name according to	(Ogilby, 1831)
	Order id		https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/bd223248-af12-4ce9-9380-4f9a85be38db
	Right		27646
	Kingdom	Animalia	Animalia
	Specific epithet	vulpecula
	Class id		https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/e9e7db31-04df-41fb-bd8d-e0b0f3c332d6
	Phylum	Chordata	Chordata
	Class	Mammalia	Mammalia
	Species		Trichosurus vulpecula
	Subspecies id		https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/15e7278f-5f69-4f1e-b9f8-022ca8fcd417
	Family		Phalangeridae
	Kingdom id		https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/4647863b-760d-4b59-aaa1-502c8cdf8d3c
Event	Event ID	urn:australianmuseum.net.au:Events:1089397
	Year		1866
	Date precision		YEAR
	Event date	1866/1866
Occurrence	Associated occurrences		01e25798-fc67-46fe-ab73-0be5071e087b
	Duplication status		D
	Catalog number	PA.493.001
	Occurrence status		PRESENT
	Basis of record	PreservedSpecimen	PRESERVED_SPECIMEN
	Modified	2025-11-17	2025-11-17
	Collection code	Mammalogy
	Duplicate status		ASSOCIATED
	Institution code	AM
	Recorded by	G. Masters
	Other catalog numbers	[ecatalogue.irn:10560851,urn:catalog:AM:Mammalogy:PA.493.001]
Attribution	Data resource		Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
	Collection		Australian Museum Mammalogy Collection
	License		CC-BY 3.0 (Au)
	Data provider uid		dp20
	Provenance		Published dataset
	Data Resource ID	dr340	dr340
	Institution ID		in4
	Data partner		OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
	Institution		Australian Museum
	Data hub uid	[dh1]
	Collection ID		co80
Location	Country	Australia	Australia
	Decimal latitude	-42.22389	-42.22389
	Terrestrial	true	true
	Decimal longitude	146.80888	146.80888
	State province	Tasmania	Tasmania
	Verbatim locality	OUSE R
	Verbatim latitude	42° 13' 26" S
	Biome		TERRESTRIAL
	Coordinate uncertainty in meters	10000	10000.0
	Lga	Central Highlands (M)
	Marine	false	false
	Location remarks	Australia, Tasmania, OUSE R (42° 13' 26" S, 146° 48' 32" E) 1866 - 1866, Field Collected - Terrestrial
	Country code		AU
	Verbatim longitude	146° 48' 32" E
	Geodetic datum		EPSG:4326

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