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Occurrence record: Mammal:U8676

Preserved specimen of Pseudomys australis J.E. Gray, 1832 | Plains Rat
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Dataset

Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Northern Territory Museum and Art Gallery provider for OZCAM
Institution code Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory
Supplied institution code "MAGNT"
Collection Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory Mammal Collection
Supplied collection code "Mammal"
Catalog number U8676
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:MAGNT:Mammal:U8676
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "Preserved Specimen"
Preparations skull
Identified by H.H. Finlayson  
License CC-BY 4.0 (Au)
Supplied as CC BY 4.0 AU
Rights holder Board of the Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory
Language en
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Country conservation Vulnerable
State conservation South Australia: Vulnerable
Supplied as V

Event

Occurrence date Year: 1931, Month: 12, Day:
Supplied as year:1931  month:12 
Date precision MONTH

Taxonomy

Scientific name Pseudomys australis
Identified to rank species
Common name Plains Rat
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Mammalia
Order Rodentia
Family Muridae
Genus Pseudomys
Species Pseudomys australis
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship J.E. Gray, 1832
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory South Australia
Supplied as: "SA"
Locality 2 miles E of Clifton Hills
Latitude -27.01667
Supplied as: "-27.01667"
Longitude 138.9
Supplied as: "138.9"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "not recorded"
Coordinate precision Unknown
Terrestrial true
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    NRM Regions 2010 South Australian Arid Lands
    NRM Regions 2017 South Australian Arid Lands
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 South Australian Arid Lands
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Channel Country
    IBRA 7 Regions Channel Country
    IBRA 7 Subregions Sturt Stony Desert
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 Lake Eyre Basin
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 DIAMANTINA-GEORGINA RIVERS
    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 Wangkangurru/Yarluyandi Petroleum Conjunctive ILUA
    Local Government Areas 2011 Unincorporated SA
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Unincorp. Far North
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 PASTORAL UNINCORPORATED AREA
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 73
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 505
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF SA
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) OUTBACK
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) OUTBACK - NORTH AND EAST
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) SOUTH AUSTRALIA - OUTBACK
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) GREY
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) EYRE
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) LAKE EYRE - LAKE TORRENS
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) PORT AUGUSTA
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Very Remote Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) STUART
    PSMA States (2016) SOUTH AUSTRALIA
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Vegetation
    Australia's Indigenous forest estate (2013) v2.0 Non-Indigenous, Non forest
    Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0 Non Forest
    Forests of Australia 2018B Non forest
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Tussock Grasslands
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Mitchell grass (Astrebla) tussock grasslands
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Leasehold
    Vegetation types - native Tussock grasslands
    Vegetation types - present Tussock grasslands

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 172.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 37.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 0.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 20.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 46.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 65.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 7.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 67.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 21.9 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 27.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 28.3 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 22.9 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 33.4 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 6.0 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 14.4 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 14.8 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 19.6 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.44 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 2.2
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 39.5 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 30.9 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 30.7 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 22.495832 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 46.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.06
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.12
    Elevation 27.0 m