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Occurrence record: Mammalogy:C42255

Preserved specimen of Wallabia bicolor Desmarest, 1804 | Swamp Wallaby recorded on 2025-09-13
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Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Museums Victoria provider for OZCAM
Institution code Museums Victoria
Supplied institution code "NMV"
Collection Museums Victoria Mammalogy Collection
Supplied collection code "Mammalogy"
Catalog number C42255
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:NMV:Mammalogy:PreservedSpecimen:C42255
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations Whole|frozen
Identified by Zoos Victoria - Healesville Sanctuary  
Collector Zoos Victoria - Healesville Sanctuary
Sex Male
Individual count 1
Life stage Juvenile
License CC0
Supplied as https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode
Rights holder Museums Victoria
Institution ID urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34978
Language en
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Owner institution code NMV
Sampling protocol [salvage]
Date identified 2025-09-13
Supplied as 13/09/2025

Event

Occurrence date 2025-09-13
Supplied date "2025-09-13T00:00:00\2025-09-13T00:00:00"
Sampling protocol salvage  
End day of year 256
Date precision DAY
Start day of year 256

Taxonomy

Higher classification Animalia | Chordata | Vertebrata | Mammalia | Marsupialia | Diprotodontia | Macropodiformes | Macropodidae | Macropodinae
Scientific name Wallabia bicolor
Identified to rank species
Common name Swamp Wallaby
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Mammalia
Order Diprotodontia
Family Macropodidae
Genus Wallabia
Species Wallabia bicolor
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship Desmarest, 1804
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Nomenclatural code ICZN

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Victoria
Locality Upper Beaconsfield
Latitude -38.02
Supplied as: "-38.02"
Longitude 145.42
Supplied as: "145.42"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "WGS84"
Verbatim locality Upper Beaconsfield
Coordinate precision Unknown
Georeference protocol AMG conversion, collection or Gazetteer
Terrestrial true
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU

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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) Highlands-Southern Fall
    NRM Regions 2010 Port Phillip and Western Port
    NRM Regions 2017 Port Phillip and Western Port
    Natural Resource Management (NRM) Regions 2023 Port Phillip and Western Port
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Port Phillip and Western Port
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions South Eastern Highlands
    IBRA 7 Regions South Eastern Highlands
    IBRA 7 Subregions Highlands-Southern Fall
    Hydrology
    Australian Drainage Divisions 2021 South East Coast (Victoria)
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 South East Coast (Victoria)
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 BUNYIP RIVER
    Indigenous
    Indigenous Areas 2021 Cardinia
    Indigenous Locations 2021 Cardinia
    Indigenous Regions 2021 Melbourne
    RATSIB (representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander body) Areas 2024 Victoria
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Victoria (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories Victoria
    Australian States and Territories Victoria
    Commonwealth Electoral Divisions 2021 La Trobe
    Electorates March 2025 La Trobe
    Local Government Areas 2011 Cardinia (S)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Cardinia - Pakenham
    Local Government Areas 2023 Cardinia
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 CARDINIA SHIRE
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 11
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 781
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) GREATER MELBOURNE
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) BEACONSFIELD - OFFICER
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) CARDINIA
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) MELBOURNE - SOUTH EAST
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) LA TROBE
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) CARDINIA
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) CARDINIA
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) MELBOURNE
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Major Cities of Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) GEMBROOK
    PSMA States (2016) VICTORIA
    State Electoral Divisions 2022 Pakenham (Eastern Victoria)
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Social
    Australia 2021 Australia
    Destination Zones 2021 Beaconsfield - Officer
    Greater Capital City Statistical Areas 2021 Greater Melbourne
    Postal Areas 2021 3809
    Remoteness Areas 2021 Major Cities of Australia
    States and Territories 2021 Victoria
    Statistical Areas Level 1 21201154623
    Statistical Areas Level 2 Beaconsfield - Officer
    Statistical Areas Level 3 Cardinia
    Statistical Areas Level 4 Melbourne - South East
    Tourism Regions 2021 Yarra Valley and the Dandenong Ranges
    Vegetation
    Australia's Indigenous forest estate (2013) v2.0 Non-Indigenous, Native forest
    Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0 Eucalypt Medium Open
    Forests of Australia 2018B Non forest
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Eucalypt Open Forests
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Eucalyptus tall open forests and open forests with ferns, herbs, sedges, rushes or wet tussock grasses
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Private Freehold
    Vegetation types - native Eucalypt open forests
    Vegetation types - present Unknown/no data

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 27989.0 frequency
    Species Richness 2167.0 frequency
    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 928.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 265.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 12.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 169.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 19.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 174.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 23.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 276.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 14.7 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 46.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 22.0 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 13.8 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 21.5 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 4.6 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 9.3 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 10.4 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 18.3 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.48 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.25
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 26.1 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 18.5 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 10.9 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - annual 992.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - coldest quarter 272.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest month 54.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest quarter 183.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - seasonality 17.92708 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - warmest quarter 183.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest month 101.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest quarter 295.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 13.854167 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual range 20.0 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest month min 5.5 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest quarter mean 9.433333 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - diurnal range mean 9.108334 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - driest quarter mean 18.516666 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - isothermality 45.541668 %
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - seasonality 365.90768
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest month max 25.5 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest quarter mean 18.516666 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - wettest quarter mean 11.216666 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 48.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.79
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0
    Elevation 171.0 m