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Occurrence record: Mammalogy:QVM:1989:1:0161

Preserved specimen of Cercartetus lepidus (Thomas, 1888) | Little Pygmy-possum recorded on 2/03/1978
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Dataset

Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Queen Victoria Museum Art Gallery provider for OZCAM
Institution code Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery
Supplied institution code "QVMAG"
Collection Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery - Mammals
Supplied collection code "Mammalogy"
Catalog number QVM:1989:1:0161
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations wet
Collector Green, RH
Individual count 1
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-NC 4.0 (Int)
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Associated records ASSOCIATED

Event

Occurrence date Year: 1978, Month: , Day:
Supplied as year:1978  month:2  day:3 
Date precision YEAR

Taxonomy

Scientific name Cercartetus lepidus
Identified to rank species
Common name Little Pygmy-possum
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Mammalia
Order Diprotodontia
Family Burramyidae
Genus Cercartetus
Species Cercartetus lepidus
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship (Thomas, 1888)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Tasmania
Locality Greens Beach
Latitude -41.08541
Supplied as: "-41.08541"
Longitude 146.7444
Supplied as: "146.7444"
Datum EPSG:4326
Coordinate precision Unknown
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 10000.0
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 401cc4b5-00df-42f7-a061-463377b3b363
    Data Resource Queen Victoria Museum Art Gallery provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Cercartetus lepidus
    Coordinates -41.08541,146.7444
    Related records
    Record UUID cb7906db-d331-41fb-8f8a-6aefbd9fe927
    Data Resource Queen Victoria Museum Art Gallery provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Cercartetus lepidus
    Coordinates -41.08541,146.7444
    Record UUID 7d7cec9c-b172-4cef-892f-dd73d3ffcaeb
    Data Resource Queen Victoria Museum Art Gallery provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Cercartetus lepidus
    Coordinates -41.08541,146.7444
    Record UUID e7286cae-2f57-4bfb-b4f0-f27ce9d9cc7f
    Data Resource Queen Victoria Museum Art Gallery provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Cercartetus lepidus
    Coordinates -41.08541,146.7444
    Record UUID ec1023c2-7757-4e34-b470-048c2a01c7e9
    Data Resource Queen Victoria Museum Art Gallery provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Cercartetus lepidus
    Coordinates -41.08541,146.7444

    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Regions) Furneaux
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Subregions), contextual (polygon) Flinders
    NRM Regions 2010 North
    NRM Regions 2017 North NRM Region
    Natural Resource Management (NRM) Regions 2023 North NRM Region
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 North NRM Region
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Flinders
    IBRA 7 Regions Furneaux
    IBRA 7 Subregions Flinders
    Hydrology
    Australian Drainage Divisions 2021 Tasmania
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 Tasmania
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 TAMAR RIVER
    Indigenous
    Indigenous Areas 2021 West Tamar - Latrobe
    Indigenous Locations 2021 West Tamar
    Indigenous Regions 2021 Tasmania
    RATSIB (representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander body) Areas 2024 Tasmania
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Tasmania (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories Tasmania
    Australian States and Territories Tasmania
    Commonwealth Electoral Divisions 2021 Bass
    Electorates March 2025 Bass
    Local Government Areas 2011 West Tamar (M)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated West Tamar - Pt A
    Local Government Areas 2023 West Tamar
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 WEST TAMAR COUNCIL
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 7
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 1085
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF TAS.
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) BEAUTY POINT - BEACONSFIELD
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) MEANDER VALLEY - WEST TAMAR
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) LAUNCESTON AND NORTH EAST
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) BASS
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) WEST TAMAR - LATROBE
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) WEST TAMAR
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) TASMANIA
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Outer Regional Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) ROSEVEARS
    PSMA States (2016) TASMANIA
    State Electoral Divisions 2022 Bass (Rosevears)
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Social
    Australia 2021 Australia
    Destination Zones 2021 Beauty Point - Beaconsfield
    Greater Capital City Statistical Areas 2021 Rest of Tas.
    Postal Areas 2021 7270
    Remoteness Areas 2021 Outer Regional Australia
    States and Territories 2021 Tasmania
    Statistical Areas Level 2 Beauty Point - Beaconsfield
    Statistical Areas Level 3 Meander Valley - West Tamar
    Statistical Areas Level 4 Launceston and North East
    Tourism Regions 2021 Launceston and the North
    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 15537.0 frequency
    Species Richness 2126.0 frequency
    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 695.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 230.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 7.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 118.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 25.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 118.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 21.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 231.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 14.2 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 49.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 21.0 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 13.0 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 17.2 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 4.9 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 9.2 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 8.2 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 16.9 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.48 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.05
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 22.1 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 16.9 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 9.3 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - annual 688.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - coldest quarter 232.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest month 29.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest quarter 113.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - seasonality 27.722452 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - warmest quarter 113.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest month 86.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest quarter 232.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 13.175 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual range 16.099998 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest month min 5.8 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest quarter mean 9.4 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - diurnal range mean 7.333333 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - driest quarter mean 17.05 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - isothermality 45.548656 %
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - seasonality 308.54865
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest month max 21.9 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest quarter mean 17.05 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - wettest quarter mean 9.4 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 48.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.69
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0