Search Specimens

OZCAM (Online Zoo-log-i-cal Col-lec-tions of Aus-tralian Muse-ums) pro-vides access to an online data-base of records aggre-gated from fau-nal col-lec-tions data-bases in Aus-tralian museums.

Occurrence record: Mammalogy:M.7235

Preserved specimen of Mastacomys fuscus Thomas, 1882 | Broad-toothed Rat recorded on 1937-06-20
   API

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.7235
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:4035519","urn:catalog:AM:Mammalogy:M.7235"]
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:AM:Mammalogy:M.7235
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by Godthelp, H  
Collector National Mus Melbourne  
Supplied as "National Mus Melbourne"
Sex Male
Associated Occurrence Status Representative record
Associated occurrences This record has 1 inferred associated occurrences
For more information see Inferred associated occurrence details
License CC-BY 3.0 (Au)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Associated records REPRESENTATIVE
Date identified 2000-10

Event

Event ID urn:australianmuseum.net.au:Events:4003595
Occurrence date 1937-06-20
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Scientific name Mastacomys fuscus
Supplied scientific name "Mastacomys fuscus Thomas, 1882"
Identified to rank species
Common name Broad-toothed Rat
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Mammalia
Order Rodentia
Family Muridae
Genus Mastacomys
Species Mastacomys fuscus
Name match metric exactMatch
Accepted name Mastacomys fuscus Thomas, 1882
Scientific name authorship Thomas, 1882
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Name according to Thomas, 1882

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Victoria
Latitude -38.866
Supplied as: "-38.866"
Longitude 143.516
Supplied as: "143.516"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality Beach Forest Otway Dist. SW Vic.
Location remarks ecatalogue.LocCollectionEventLocal: "Australia, Victoria, Beach Forest Otway Dist. SW Vic. (38° 52' S, 143° 31' E) 20/06/1937 - 20/06/1937, Accession";
Coordinate precision 0.001
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 38° 52' S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 143° 31' E

Additional properties

dcterms:modified 2015/5/20
dcterms:type PhysicalObject
dcterms modified 2015/5/20
dcterms type PhysicalObject

User flagged issues 

    Data quality tests

    Test name Result
    Coordinate uncertainty meters invalid Warning
    Geodetic datum assumed WGS84 Warning
    Taxon parent child synonym Warning
    Show/Hide 91 passed properties
    Show/Hide 7 missing properties
    Show/Hide 23 tests that have not been run

    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 c19f2aa5-8840-4775-83e8-01077fba4310
    Data Resource Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Mastacomys fuscus Thomas, 1882
    Coordinates -38.866,143.516
    Related records
    Record UUID dd49821c-1a7c-40d9-9d1b-c29e7524bc4b
    Data Resource Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Mastacomys fuscus Thomas, 1882
    Coordinates -38.866,143.516

    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Australian Coral Ecoregions South-east Australia
    NRM Regions 2010 Corangamite
    NRM Regions 2017 Corangamite
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Corangamite
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Otway
    States including coastal waters Victoria (including Coastal Waters)