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Occurrence record: Mammalogy:C16424

Preserved specimen of Cercartetus nanus (Desmarest, 1818) | Eastern Pygmy-possum recorded on 1967-02-17
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Dataset

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 C16424
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:NMV:Mammalogy:PreservedSpecimen:C16424
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations Spirit|Wet|ethanol 70%
Collector Baxter, A.  
Supplied as "A Baxter"
Sex Male
Individual count 1
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

Event

Occurrence date 1967-02-17
Supplied date "1967-02-17T00:00:00\1967-02-17T00:00:00"
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Higher classification Animalia | Chordata | Vertebrata | Mammalia | Marsupialia | Diprotodontia | Phalangeriformes | Phalangeroidea | Burramyidae
Scientific name Cercartetus nanus
Identified to rank species
Common name Eastern Pygmy-possum
Supplied common name "Eastern Pygmy Possum"
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Mammalia
Order Diprotodontia
Family Burramyidae
Genus Cercartetus
Species Cercartetus nanus
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship (Desmarest, 1818)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Nomenclatural code ICZN

Geospatial

Higher geography Australia | Victoria
Country Australia
State or Territory Victoria
Locality Anglesea
Latitude -38.42
Supplied as: "-38.42"
Longitude 144.18
Supplied as: "144.18"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "WGS84"
Verbatim locality Anglesea
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
    NRM Regions 2010 Corangamite
    NRM Regions 2017 Corangamite
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Corangamite
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions South East Coastal Plain
    IBRA 7 Regions South East Coastal Plain
    IBRA 7 Subregions Otway Plain
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 South East Coast (Victoria)
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 OTWAY COAST
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Victoria (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    Australian States and Territories Victoria
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Surf Coast - West
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 SURF COAST SHIRE
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) WESTERN VICTORIA
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Vegetation
    Forests of Australia 2018B Non forest
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Acacia Forests and Woodlands
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Other shrublands
    Vegetation types - native Eucalypt woodlands
    Vegetation types - present Eucalyptus woodlands

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 701.75 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 213.5 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 8.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 114.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 25.5 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 114.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 18.25 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 222.75 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 15.05 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 47.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 22.175001 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 14.2 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 18.025 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 6.05 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 10.4 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 8.775 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 18.175 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.4875 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.065
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 24.075 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 18.175 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 11.575 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 14.095833 °C
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.6825
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.9975
    Elevation 27.0 m