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Occurrence record: Mammals:JM20636

Preserved specimen of Melomys burtoni (Ramsay, 1887) | Grassland Melomys recorded on 2015-07-03
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Dataset

Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Queensland Museum provider for OZCAM
Institution code Queensland Museum
Supplied institution code "QM"
Collection Queensland Museum Mammals
Supplied collection code "Mammals"
Catalog number JM20636
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:QM:Mammals:JM20636
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "Preserved specimen"
Preparations Spirit
Life stage Male
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
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Field notes N75804
Associated records ASSOCIATED

Event

Occurrence date 2015-07-03
Verbatim event date 03 Jul 2015
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Scientific name Melomys burtoni
Identified to rank species
Common name Grassland Melomys
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Mammalia
Order Rodentia
Family Muridae
Genus Melomys
Species Melomys burtoni
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship (Ramsay, 1887)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Queensland
Locality Alkoomie Station, Dickson Range
Latitude -15.480556
Supplied as: "-15.480556"
Longitude 145.061667
Supplied as: "145.061667"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "GDA97"
Field notes N75804
Coordinate precision 0.01667
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 500.0
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 15° 28' 50" South
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Continent Oceania
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 145° 3' 42" East

Additional properties

object id 457054

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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:

    Representative Record
    Record UUID 16b4fc5f-586f-48a9-8cb1-908c0b2d4d62
    Data Resource
    Raw Scientific Name Melomys burtoni
    Coordinates -15.480556,145.061667
    Related records
    Record UUID d91edb99-31f4-416b-a3e1-f5b0d84dc145
    Data Resource
    Raw Scientific Name Melomys burtoni
    Coordinates -15.480556,145.061667
    Record UUID 4abd9ca5-2ee6-4724-9207-9ee5a1422bf1
    Data Resource Queensland Museum provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Melomys burtoni
    Coordinates -15.480556,145.061667
    Record UUID c3c85da6-a6ad-4edf-8668-04af6a7670ee
    Data Resource Queensland Museum provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Melomys burtoni
    Coordinates -15.480556,145.061667

    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    CAPAD 2016 Terrestrial Alkoomie Station
    CAPAD 2020 Terrestrial Alkoomie Station
    NRM Regions 2010 Hunter-Central Rivers
    NRM Regions 2017 Hunter
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Marine NRM
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions NSW North Coast
    IBRA 7 Regions NSW North Coast
    IBRA 7 Subregions Upper Hunter
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 South East Coast (NSW)
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 HUNTER 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 Dungog (A)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Dungog
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 DUNGOG SHIRE COUNCIL
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 0
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 830
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF NSW
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) DUNGOG
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) LOWER HUNTER
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) HUNTER VALLEY EXC NEWCASTLE
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) LYNE
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) GLOUCESTER - DUNGOG
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) DUNGOG
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) NSW CENTRAL AND NORTH COAST
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Inner Regional Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
    PSMA States (2016) NEW SOUTH WALES
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Vegetation
    Australia's Indigenous forest estate (2013) v2.0 Non-Indigenous, Non forest
    Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0 Non Forest
    Forests of Australia 2018B Non 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 Private Freehold
    Vegetation types - native Eucalypt open forests
    Vegetation types - present cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 1084.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 176.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 8.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 144.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 38.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 356.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 38.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 410.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 16.9 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 30.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 22.1 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 17.8 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 25.1 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 5.1 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 12.1 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 12.5 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 13.1 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.5 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.5
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 30.1 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 23.2 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 22.7 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 17.791666 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 50.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.73
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.95
    Elevation 89.0 m