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Occurrence record: Mammals:JM17309

Preserved specimen of Uromys caudimaculatus (Krefft, 1867) | White-tailed Uromys recorded on 1973-07-01
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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 JM17309
Other catalog numbers ["2154686"]
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:QM.Mammals:JM17309
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "Preserved specimen"
Preparations SkullSpirit
License CC-BY
Presence/Absence PRESENT

Event

Occurrence date 1973-07-01
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Scientific name Uromys caudimaculatus
Identified to rank species
Common name White-tailed Uromys
Supplied common name "Giant White-tailed Rat"
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Mammalia
Order Rodentia
Family Muridae
Genus Uromys
Species Uromys caudimaculatus
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship (Krefft, 1867)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Queensland
Locality Noah Beach 0.5 km SSW Noah Head via Mossman
Latitude -16.132222
Supplied as: "-16.132222"
Longitude 145.453056
Supplied as: "145.453056"
Datum EPSG:4326
Min elevation 5
Coordinate precision 0.01667
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 500.0
Terrestrial true
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU

Additional properties

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    CAPAD 2016 Terrestrial Eastern Kuku Yalanji
    CAPAD 2020 Terrestrial Eastern Kuku Yalanji
    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 Daintree-Bloomfield
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 North East Coast
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 DAINTREE RIVER
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Queensland (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories Queensland
    Australian States and Territories Queensland
    Indigenous Land Use Agreements Eastern Kuku Yalanji & Ergon
    Local Government Areas 2011 Cairns (R)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Douglas
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 DOUGLAS SHIRE
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 192
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 282
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF QLD
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) DAINTREE
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) PORT DOUGLAS - DAINTREE
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) CAIRNS
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) LEICHHARDT
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) WUJAL WUJAL AND OUTSTATIONS
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) CAPE TRIBULATION - CHINA CAMP - ZIG ZAG
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) CAIRNS - ATHERTON
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Remote Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) COOK
    PSMA States (2016) QUEENSLAND
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Vegetation
    Forests of Australia 2018B Eucalypt Medium Woodland
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings
    Vegetation types - native Rainforests and vine thickets
    Vegetation types - present Rainforest and vine thickets

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 3328.3333 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 256.33334 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 12.166667 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 202.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 80.5 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 1393.1666 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 157.5 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 1820.6666 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 18.05 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 18.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 20.316666 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 25.016666 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 13.566667 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 17.85 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 21.9 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 7.0666666 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 23.316666 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.52166665 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 0.74666667
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 31.416668 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 27.5 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 26.916668 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 24.329166 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 58.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.835
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0
    Elevation 165.0 m