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Occurrence record: Mammalogy:C42266

Preserved specimen of Pseudocheirus peregrinus (Boddaert, 1785) | Common Ringtail Possum recorded on 2025-10-03
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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 C42266
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:NMV:Mammalogy:PreservedSpecimen:C42266
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations Spirit|Wet|formalin 10%|ethanol 70%
Identified by Wildlife Victoria  
Collector Wildlife Victoria
Sex Female
Individual count 1
Life stage Juvenile
Associated Occurrence Status Associated record
Associated occurrences The occurrence is associated with a representative record.
For more information see Inferred associated occurrence details
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
Sampling protocol [salvage]
Associated records ASSOCIATED

Event

Occurrence date 2025-10-03
Supplied date "2025-10-03T00:00:00\2025-10-03T00:00:00"
Sampling protocol salvage  
End day of year 276
Date precision DAY
Start day of year 276

Taxonomy

Higher classification Animalia | Chordata | Vertebrata | Mammalia | Marsupialia | Diprotodontia | Phalangeriformes | Petauroidea | Pseudocheiridae | Pseudocheirinae
Scientific name Pseudocheirus peregrinus
Supplied scientific name "Pseudocheirus peregrinus (Boddaert, 1785)"
Identified to rank species
Common name Common Ringtail Possum
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Mammalia
Order Diprotodontia
Family Pseudocheiridae
Genus Pseudocheirus
Species Pseudocheirus peregrinus
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship (Boddaert, 1785)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Nomenclatural code ICZN

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Victoria
Locality Albert Park, Mills Street
Latitude -37.8455
Supplied as: "-37.8455"
Longitude 144.959
Supplied as: "144.959"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "WGS84"
Verbatim locality Albert Park, Mills Street
Coordinate precision Unknown
Georeference sources Google Maps
Georeference protocol Estimation
Terrestrial true
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU

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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 510f93ed-d24e-456d-a398-fc7247c512de
    Data Resource Museums Victoria provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Pseudocheirus peregrinus (Boddaert, 1785)
    Coordinates -37.8455,144.959
    Related records
    Record UUID e547d56e-3484-4746-a353-42494f15f363
    Data Resource Museums Victoria provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Pseudocheirus peregrinus (Boddaert, 1785)
    Coordinates -37.8455,144.959

    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Regions) South East Coastal Plain
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Subregions), contextual (polygon) Gippsland Plain
    IBRA 7.1 Regions South East Coastal Plain
    IBRA 7.1 Subegions Gippsland Plain
    NRM Regions 2010 Port Phillip and Western Port
    NRM Regions 2017 Port Phillip and Western Port
    Natural Resource Management (NRM) Regions 2023 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
    Australian Drainage Divisions 2021 South East Coast (Victoria)
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 South East Coast (Victoria)
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 YARRA RIVER
    Indigenous
    Indigenous Areas 2021 Melbourne - Port Phillip
    Indigenous Locations 2021 Port Phillip
    Indigenous Regions 2021 Melbourne
    RATSIB (representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander body) Areas 2024 Victoria
    Representative Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Body areas (updated 24th March 2026) Victoria
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Victoria (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories Victoria
    Australian States and Territories Victoria
    Commonwealth Electoral Divisions 2021 Macnamara
    Electorates March 2025 Macnamara
    Local Government Areas 2011 Port Phillip (C)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Port Phillip - West
    Local Government Areas 2023 Port Phillip
    Local Government Areas 2025 Port Phillip
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 PORT PHILLIP CITY
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 28
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 1246
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) GREATER MELBOURNE
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) ALBERT PARK
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) PORT PHILLIP
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) MELBOURNE - INNER
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) MACNAMARA
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) MELBOURNE - PORT PHILLIP
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) PORT PHILLIP
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) MELBOURNE
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Major Cities of Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) ALBERT PARK
    PSMA States (2016) VICTORIA
    State Electoral Divisions 2022 Albert Park (Southern Metropolitan)
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Social
    Australia 2021 Australia
    Destination Zones 2021 Albert Park
    Greater Capital City Statistical Areas 2021 Greater Melbourne
    Postal Areas 2021 3206
    Remoteness Areas 2021 Major Cities of Australia
    States and Territories 2021 Victoria
    Statistical Areas Level 1 20605112819
    Statistical Areas Level 2 Albert Park
    Statistical Areas Level 3 Port Phillip
    Statistical Areas Level 4 Melbourne - Inner
    Tourism Regions 2021 Melbourne
    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 Cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Private Freehold
    Vegetation types - native Eucalypt woodlands
    Vegetation types - present cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 278005.0 frequency
    Species Richness 7130.0 frequency
    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 618.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 151.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 8.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 125.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 15.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 131.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 15.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 182.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 15.5 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 44.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 22.9 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 14.8 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 21.5 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 5.2 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 10.2 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 10.5 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 19.4 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.49 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.27
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 26.7 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 19.6 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 14.9 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - annual 636.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - coldest quarter 144.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest month 42.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest quarter 139.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - seasonality 13.585347 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - warmest quarter 140.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest month 65.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest quarter 185.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 15.0 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual range 19.8 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest month min 6.1 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest quarter mean 10.366667 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - diurnal range mean 9.033334 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - driest quarter mean 18.233334 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - isothermality 45.6229 %
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - seasonality 374.4936
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest month max 25.9 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest quarter mean 19.616667 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - wettest quarter mean 16.3 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 48.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.57
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.87
    Elevation 14.0 m