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Occurrence record: Mammalogy:C22748-1

Preserved specimen of Rattus lutreolus (J.E. Gray, 1841) | Swamp Rat
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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 C22748-1
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:NMV:Mammalogy:PreservedSpecimen:C22748-1
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations Skin, skeleton (part)|Wet|ethanol 70%
Collector Braithwaite, R.W.  
Supplied as "R W. Braithwaite"
Sex Female
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
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Owner institution code NMV

Event

Occurrence date Year: 1976, Month: 7, Day:
Supplied as year:1976  month:7 
Date precision MONTH

Taxonomy

Higher classification Animalia | Chordata | Vertebrata | Mammalia | Rodentia | Myomorpha | Muroidea | Muridae | Murinae
Scientific name Rattus lutreolus
Supplied scientific name "Rattus lutreolus (Gray, 1841)"
Identified to rank species
Common name Swamp Rat
Supplied common name "Australian 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)
Supplied as (Gray, 1841)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Nomenclatural code ICZN

Geospatial

Higher geography Australia | Victoria
Country Australia
State or Territory Victoria
Locality Cranbourne Botanic gardens
Latitude -38.1306
Supplied as: "-38.1306"
Longitude 145.275
Supplied as: "145.275"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "WGS84"
Verbatim locality Cranbourne Botanic gardens
Coordinate precision Unknown
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 0.07
Georeference sources data provided with specimen(s)
Municipality Cranbourne
Terrestrial true
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    NRM Regions 2010 Port Phillip and Western Port
    NRM Regions 2017 Port Phillip and Western Port
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Port Phillip and Western Port
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions South East Coastal Plain
    IBRA 7 Regions South East Coastal Plain
    IBRA 7 Subregions Gippsland Plain
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 South East Coast (Victoria)
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 BUNYIP RIVER
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Victoria (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories Victoria
    Australian States and Territories Victoria
    Local Government Areas 2011 Casey (C)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Casey - Cranbourne
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 CASEY CITY
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 5
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 1615
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) GREATER MELBOURNE
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) CRANBOURNE SOUTH
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) CASEY - SOUTH
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) MELBOURNE - SOUTH EAST
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) HOLT
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) CRANBOURNE - NARRE WARREN
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) CRANBOURNE
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) MELBOURNE
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Major Cities of Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) HASTINGS
    PSMA States (2016) VICTORIA
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Vegetation
    Australia's Indigenous forest estate (2013) v2.0 Non-Indigenous, Native forest
    Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0 Melaleuca
    Forests of Australia 2018B Eucalypt Medium Woodland
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Eucalypt Woodlands
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Eucalyptus woodlands with a shrubby understorey
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Other Crown Land
    Vegetation types - native Eucalypt woodlands
    Vegetation types - present cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 814.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 233.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 10.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 149.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 19.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 153.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 20.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 245.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 14.9 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 46.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 22.4 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 14.1 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 20.5 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 5.3 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 9.8 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 9.8 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 18.5 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.48 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.21
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 25.8 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 18.7 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 11.3 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 14.379167 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 48.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.73
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0
    Elevation 67.0 m