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Occurrence record: Mammalogy:M25950

Preserved specimen of Rattus lutreolus (J.E. Gray, 1841) | Swamp Rat recorded on 2004-03-18
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Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource South Australian Museum Adelaide provider for OZCAM
Institution code South Australian Museum
Supplied institution code "SAMA"
Collection South Australian Museum Mammalogy Collection
Supplied collection code "Mammalogy"
Catalog number M25950
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:380968"]
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations W
Collector Nicolai, R.S.  
Supplied as "Nicolai, R.S."
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
Supplied as present
Associated records ASSOCIATED
State conservation South Australia: Rare
Supplied as R

Event

Event ID urn:emu.sam.sa.gov.au:Event:29778
Occurrence date 2004-03-18
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Scientific name Rattus lutreolus
Supplied scientific name "Rattus lutreolus (Gray, 1841)"
Identified to rank species
Common name Swamp Rat
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Mammalia
Order Rodentia
Family Muridae
Genus Rattus
Species Rattus lutreolus
Name match metric canonicalMatch
Scientific name authorship (J.E. Gray, 1841)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory South Australia
Latitude -34.8042
Supplied as: "-34.8042"
Longitude 140.8153
Supplied as: "140.8153"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality Mount Gambier (PO) | 4.5 km NE (= Worrolong)
Coordinate precision 0.0001
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 34 48 15 S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 140 48 55 E

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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 9be252af-3e5b-41ab-96c9-a36aeb157210
    Data Resource South Australian Museum Adelaide provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Rattus lutreolus (Gray, 1841)
    Coordinates -34.8042,140.8153
    Related records
    Record UUID d0e668d7-bb47-4d8e-9511-ca86979e7665
    Data Resource South Australian Museum Adelaide provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Rattus lutreolus (Gray, 1841)
    Coordinates -34.8042,140.8153

    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    CAPAD 2016 Terrestrial Unnamed (No.HA518)
    CAPAD 2020 Terrestrial Unnamed (No.HA518)
    NRM Regions 2010 South Australian Murray Darling Basin
    NRM Regions 2017 South Australian Murray Darling Basin
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 South Australian Murray Darling Basin
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Murray Darling Depression
    IBRA 7 Regions Murray Darling Depression
    IBRA 7 Subregions Lowan Mallee
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 Murray-Darling Basin
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 DARLING RIVER
    Marine
    States including coastal waters South Australia (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories South Australia
    Australian States and Territories South Australia
    Indigenous Land Use Agreements The River Murray and Crown Lands ILUA
    Local Government Areas 2011 Loxton Waikerie (DC)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Loxton Waikerie - East
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 THE DC OF LOXTON WAIKERIE
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 7
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 469
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF SA
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) LOXTON REGION
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) MURRAY AND MALLEE
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) SOUTH AUSTRALIA - SOUTH EAST
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) BARKER
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) LOXTON - WAIKERIE - MID MURRAY
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) LOXTON - WAIKERIE
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) ADELAIDE
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Outer Regional Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
    PSMA States (2016) SOUTH AUSTRALIA
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Vegetation
    Australia's Indigenous forest estate (2013) v2.0 Non-Indigenous, Native forest
    Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0 Eucalypt Mallee Woodland
    Forests of Australia 2018B Eucalypt Mallee Woodland
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Mallee Woodlands and Shrublands
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Mallee with a dense shrubby understorey
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Private Freehold
    Vegetation types - native Mallee woodlands and shrublands
    Vegetation types - present Mallee woodlands and shrublands

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 285.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 95.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 3.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 46.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 31.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 51.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 8.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 96.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 18.1 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 40.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 26.1 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 16.5 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 28.1 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 4.1 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 10.6 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 14.3 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 21.7 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.51 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.64
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 32.2 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 22.6 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 10.6 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 16.554167 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 51.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.24
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.51
    Elevation 57.0 m