Occurrence record: Mammalogy:M.57140.001

Preserved specimen of Trichosurus vulpecula (Kerr, 1792) | Common Brushtail Possum recorded on 2024-01/2026-03-11

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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.57140.001
Other catalog numbers	["ecatalogue.irn:10639377,urn:catalog:AM:Mammalogy:M.57140.001"]
Record type	Preserved specimen Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by	Ingleby, Dr Sandy - Australian Museum - Mammalogy
License	CC-BY 3.0 (Au)
Degree of establishment	found dead
Presence/Absence	PRESENT
Sampling protocol	[found dead]
Date identified	2026-03-17

Event

Event ID	urn:australianmuseum.net.au:Events:10094331
Occurrence date	[date not supplied] Supplied date "2024-01/2026-03-11"
Sampling protocol	found dead
Date precision	MONTH_RANGE

Taxonomy

Scientific name	Trichosurus vulpecula Supplied scientific name "Trichosurus vulpecula (Kerr, 1792)"
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
Accepted name	Trichosurus vulpecula (Kerr, 1792)
Scientific name authorship	(Kerr, 1792)
Name parse type	SCIENTIFIC
Name according to	(Kerr, 1792)

Geospatial

Country	Australia
State or Territory	New South Wales
Latitude	-33.820835 Supplied as: "-33.820835"
Longitude	150.02083 Supplied as: "150.02083"
Datum	EPSG:4326
Verbatim coordinate system	unknown
Verbatim locality	Jenolan Karst Conservation Reserve, Jenolan Caves Road
Location remarks	Australia, New South Wales, Jenolan, Jenolan Karst Conservation Reserve, Jenolan Caves Road (33° 49' 15" S, 150° 01' 15" E) /01/2024 - 11/03/2026, Musser, Dr Anne - Australian Museum(Collector), Musser, Dr Anne - Australian Museum(Donor), found dead, Accession
Coordinate precision	Unknown
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres)	500.0
Terrestrial	true
Georeference remarks	Place coordinates estimated from Google Earth, and AM Map precision is lowered (Note written: 24/03/2026).
Verbatim latitude	33° 49' 15" S
Biome	TERRESTRIAL
Marine	false
Country Code	AU
Verbatim longitude	150° 01' 15" E

Additional properties

verbatim uncertainty	100m-1km

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Biosecurity issue	Passed
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Coordinate precision invalid	Unchecked (lack of data)
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Additional political boundaries information

Area Management
GER National Corridor	GER National Corridor
Great Eastern Ranges Initiative	GER Great Eastern Ranges Initiative
IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Regions)	South Eastern Highlands
IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Subregions), contextual (polygon)	Kanangra
IBRA 7.1 Regions	South Eastern Highlands
IBRA 7.1 Subegions	Kanangra
NRM Regions 2010	Hawkesbury-Nepean
NRM Regions 2017	Central Tablelands
Natural Resource Management (NRM) Regions 2023	Central Tablelands
Area management
National Landcare Program Management Units 2018	Central Tablelands
Biodiversity
IBRA 6 Regions	South Eastern Highlands
IBRA 7 Regions	South Eastern Highlands
IBRA 7 Subregions	Kanangra
Fire
National Indicative Aggregated Fire Extent Dataset 2019-2020 - v20200324	National Indicative Aggregated Fire Extent 2019-2020
Hydrology
Australian Drainage Divisions 2021	South East Coast (NSW)
Drainage Divisions Level 1	South East Coast (NSW)
Drainage Divisions Level 2	HAWKESBURY RIVER
Indigenous
Indigenous Areas 2021	Lithgow - Oberon
Indigenous Land Use Agreements	Gundungurra Area Agreement
Indigenous Land Use Agreements (updated 24 March 2026)	Gundungurra Area Agreement
Indigenous Locations 2021	Oberon
Indigenous Regions 2021	Riverina - Orange
RATSIB (representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander body) Areas 2024	New South Wales
Representative Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Body areas (updated 24th March 2026)	New South Wales
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
Commonwealth Electoral Divisions 2021	Calare
Electorates March 2025	Calare
Local Government Areas 2011	Oberon (A)
Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated	Oberon
Local Government Areas 2023	Oberon
Local Government Areas 2025	Oberon
Local Government Areas PSMA 2018	OBERON COUNCIL
NSW Local Land Services Regions	Central Tablelands
PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016)	3
PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016)	1387
PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016)	REST OF NSW
PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016)	OBERON
PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016)	BATHURST
PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016)	CENTRAL WEST
PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018)	CALARE
PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016)	LITHGOW - OBERON
PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016)	OBERON
PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016)	RIVERINA - ORANGE
PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016)	Inner Regional Australia
PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018)	LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
PSMA States (2016)	NEW SOUTH WALES
State Electoral Divisions 2022	Bathurst
World Country Boundaries	Australia
Social
Australia 2021	Australia
Destination Zones 2021	Oberon
Greater Capital City Statistical Areas 2021	Rest of NSW
Postal Areas 2021	2790
Remoteness Areas 2021	Inner Regional Australia
States and Territories 2021	New South Wales
Statistical Areas Level 1	10301106104
Statistical Areas Level 2	Oberon
Statistical Areas Level 3	Bathurst
Statistical Areas Level 4	Central West
Tourism Regions 2021	Blue Mountains
Vegetation
Australia's Indigenous forest estate (2013) v2.0	Indigenous co-managed, Native forest
Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0	Eucalypt Medium Open
Forests of Australia 2018B	Other native 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	Nature Conservation Reserve
Vegetation types - native	Eucalypt tall open forests
Vegetation types - present	Eucalyptus tall open forest

Environmental sampling for this location

Biodiversity
Occurrence Density	14566.0 frequency
Species Richness	1989.0 frequency
Climate
Precipitation - annual (Bio12)	896.0 mm
Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19)	203.0 mm
Precipitation - driest period (Bio14)	14.0 mm
Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17)	188.0 mm
Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15)	15.0 mm
Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18)	255.0 mm
Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13)	22.0 mm
Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16)	273.0 mm
Radiation - annual mean (Bio20)	16.8 MJ/m2/day
Radiation - seasonality (Bio23)	35.0
Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26)	23.2 MJ/m2/day
Temperature - annual mean (Bio01)	12.3 degrees C
Temperature - annual range (Bio07)	25.7 degrees C
Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06)	0.2 degrees C
Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11)	6.1 degrees C
Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02)	11.7 degrees C
Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09)	8.5 degrees C
Temperature - isothermality (Bio03)	0.45 %
Temperature - seasonality (Bio04)	1.7
Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05)	25.9 degrees C
Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10)	18.4 degrees C
Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08)	17.8 degrees C
WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - annual	901.0 mm
WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - coldest quarter	182.0 mm
WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest month	55.0 mm
WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest quarter	182.0 mm
WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - seasonality	21.461693 mm
WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - warmest quarter	279.0 mm
WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest month	111.0 mm
WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest quarter	298.0 mm
WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean	11.708333 °C
WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual range	22.7 °C
WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest month min	0.9 °C
WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest quarter mean	5.7833333 °C
WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - diurnal range mean	10.233334 °C
WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - driest quarter mean	6.6833334 °C
WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - isothermality	45.080765 %
WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - seasonality	466.55817
WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest month max	23.6 °C
WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest quarter mean	17.35 °C
WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - wettest quarter mean	17.066668 °C
WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality	46.0 %
Substrate
Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28)	0.73
Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32)	0.97
Elevation	1040.0 m

Group	Field Name	Original Value	Processed Value


Classification	Scientific name	Trichosurus vulpecula (Kerr, 1792)	Trichosurus vulpecula
	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/ee2cb6a9-e17c-4ca7-8aef-76d69eb969ed
	Order	Diprotodontia	Diprotodontia
	Taxon rank id		7000
	Accepted name usage	Trichosurus vulpecula (Kerr, 1792)
	Species id		https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/ee2cb6a9-e17c-4ca7-8aef-76d69eb969ed
	Taxon identification issue	[RECORDED_DATE_MISMATCH]
	Genus	Trichosurus	Trichosurus
	Left		27645
	Scientific name authorship		(Kerr, 1792)
	Taxon rank		species
	Genus id		https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/184bffbd-2ce3-4b12-a25d-46939280c08a
	Name type		SCIENTIFIC
	Vernacular name	Common Brushtail Possum	Common Brushtail Possum
	Name according to	(Kerr, 1792)
	Order id		https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/bd223248-af12-4ce9-9380-4f9a85be38db
	Right		27657
	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
	Family		Phalangeridae
	Kingdom id		https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/4647863b-760d-4b59-aaa1-502c8cdf8d3c
Event	Event ID	urn:australianmuseum.net.au:Events:10094331
	Date precision		MONTH_RANGE
	Event date	2024-01/2026-03-11
Identification	Date identified	2026-03-17	2026-03-17
Identification	Identified by	[Ingleby, Dr Sandy - Australian Museum - Mammalogy]
Occurrence	Degree of establishment	found dead
	Catalog number	M.57140.001
	Occurrence status		PRESENT
	Basis of record	PreservedSpecimen	PRESERVED_SPECIMEN
	Modified	2026-05-12	2026-05-12
	Collection code	Mammalogy
	Sampling protocol	[found dead]
	Institution code	AM
	Other catalog numbers	[ecatalogue.irn:10639377,urn:catalog:AM:Mammalogy:M.57140.001]
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	-33.820835	-33.820835
	Terrestrial	true	true
	Georeference remarks	Place coordinates estimated from Google Earth, and AM Map precision is lowered (Note written: 24/03/2026).
	Decimal longitude	150.02083	150.02083
	State province	New South Wales	New South Wales
	Verbatim locality	Jenolan Karst Conservation Reserve, Jenolan Caves Road
	Verbatim latitude	33° 49' 15" S
	Biome		TERRESTRIAL
	Coordinate uncertainty in meters	500	500.0
	Lga	Oberon (A)
	Marine	false	false
	Location remarks	Australia, New South Wales, Jenolan, Jenolan Karst Conservation Reserve, Jenolan Caves Road (33° 49' 15" S, 150° 01' 15" E) /01/2024 - 11/03/2026, Musser, Dr Anne - Australian Museum(Collector), Musser, Dr Anne - Australian Museum(Donor), found dead, Accession
	Country code		AU
	Verbatim longitude	150° 01' 15" E
	Verbatim coordinate system	unknown
	Geodetic datum		EPSG:4326

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