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Occurrence record: Mammalogy:M26533

Preserved specimen of Rattus lutreolus (J.E. Gray, 1841) | Swamp Rat recorded on 2002-04-27
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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 M26533
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:652825"]
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations W
Collector 1.  Medlin, Graham   2.  South Australian Museum  
Supplied as "Medlin, Graham - South Australian Museum"
Record number BAG04 MC
License CC-BY
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Dataset / Survey name [FNSSA Mammal Club Survey]
State conservation Rare
Supplied as R

Event

Dataset / Survey name FNSSA Mammal Club Survey  
Event ID urn:emu.sam.sa.gov.au:Event:56196
Occurrence date 2002-04-27
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 -37.0464
Supplied as: "-37.0464"
Longitude 139.8956
Supplied as: "139.8956"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality Mount Benson | 7.6 km ESE
Coordinate precision 0.0001
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 37 02 47 S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 139 53 44 E

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    CAPAD 2016 Terrestrial Bagdad
    CAPAD 2020 Terrestrial Bagdad
    NRM Regions 2010 South East
    NRM Regions 2017 South East
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 South East
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Naracoorte Coastal Plain
    IBRA 7 Regions Naracoorte Coastal Plain
    IBRA 7 Subregions Bridgewater
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 South East Coast (Victoria)
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 MILLICENT COAST
    Marine
    States including coastal waters South Australia (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories South Australia
    Australian States and Territories South Australia
    Local Government Areas 2011 Robe (DC)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Robe
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 DC OF ROBE
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 27
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 1218
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF SA
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) KINGSTON - ROBE
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) LIMESTONE COAST
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) SOUTH AUSTRALIA - SOUTH EAST
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) BARKER
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) SOUTH-EAST
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) LIMESTONE COAST
    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, Non forest
    Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0 Non Forest
    Forests of Australia 2018B Melaleuca
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Other Shrublands
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Melaleuca shrublands and open shrublands
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Multiple Use Forest
    Vegetation types - native Other shrublands
    Vegetation types - present Other shrublands

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 617.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 286.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 3.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 56.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 59.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 56.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 25.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 287.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 16.2 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 46.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 24.3 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 14.5 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 18.6 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 6.7 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 10.9 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 9.6 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 18.4 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.52 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.03
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 25.4 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 18.4 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 10.9 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 14.741667 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 53.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.57
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0
    Elevation 13.0 m