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Occurrence record: Mammalogy:M.3133.002

Preserved specimen of Melomys cervinipes (Gould, 1852) | Fawn-footed Melomys
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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.3133.002
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:1745713","urn:catalog:AM:Mammalogy:M.3133.002"]
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:AM:Mammalogy:M.3133.002
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations ecatalogue.PrePrepDescription: "Whole skin"; ecatalogue.PreStorageMedium: "Dry";
Specimen type possible Syntype: Uromys banfieldi : Muridae : Rodentia : Mammalia : Chordata
Sex Male
License CC-BY 3.0 (Au)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Date identified 2015-04
Supplied as 2015-4
Identification remarks ecatalogue.IdeComments: "It is unclear why this specimen was labelled as Uromys caudimaculatus in EMU. The tag and original register confirm that this should have always been a Melomys cervinipes.";

Event

Event ID urn:australianmuseum.net.au:Events:4012265
Identification remarks ecatalogue.IdeComments: "It is unclear why this specimen was labelled as Uromys caudimaculatus in EMU. The tag and original register confirm that this should have always been a Melomys cervinipes.";
Date precision NOT_SUPPLIED

Taxonomy

Scientific name Melomys cervinipes
Supplied scientific name "Melomys cervinipes (Gould, 1852)"
Identified to rank species
Common name Fawn-footed Melomys
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Mammalia
Order Rodentia
Family Muridae
Genus Melomys
Species Melomys cervinipes
Name match metric exactMatch
Accepted name Melomys cervinipes (Gould, 1852)
Scientific name authorship (Gould, 1852)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Name according to (Gould, 1852)

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Queensland
Latitude -17.95
Supplied as: "-17.95"
Longitude 146.15
Supplied as: "146.15"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality Dunk Island
Location remarks ecatalogue.LocCollectionEventLocal: "Australia, Queensland, Dunk Island (17° 57' S, 146° 09' E), The Director - Queensland Museum(Exchanged from), Accession";
Coordinate precision 0.001
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 17° 57' S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 146° 9' E

Additional properties

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Directory of Important Wetlands Great Barrier Reef Marine Park
    NRM Regions 2010 Wet Tropics
    NRM Regions 2017 Wet Tropics
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Wet Tropics
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Wet Tropics
    IBRA 7 Regions Wet Tropics
    IBRA 7 Subregions Innisfail
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Queensland (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories Queensland
    Australian States and Territories Queensland
    Local Government Areas 2011 Cassowary Coast (R)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Cardwell
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 CASSOWARY COAST REGIONAL
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 74
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 768
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF QLD
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) TULLY
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) INNISFAIL - CASSOWARY COAST
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) CAIRNS
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) KENNEDY
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) TULLY - CARDWELL - JUMBUN
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) CARDWELL
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) TOWNSVILLE - MACKAY
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Remote Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) HILL
    PSMA States (2016) QUEENSLAND
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Vegetation
    Forests of Australia 2018B Rainforest
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Rainforests and Vine Thickets
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Tropical or sub-tropical rainforest
    Vegetation types - native unknown/no data
    Vegetation types - present cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 3077.6667 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 309.33334 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 11.333333 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 220.33333 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 74.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 1328.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 157.66667 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 1600.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 18.0 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 19.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 20.2 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 23.1 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 15.533334 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 14.733334 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 19.3 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 7.633333 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 21.366667 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.49 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 0.92333335
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 30.266666 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 26.166666 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 25.666666 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 23.575 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 53.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.91333336
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0
    Elevation 49.0 m