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Occurrence record: Mammalogy:C42205

Preserved specimen of Pseudocheirus peregrinus (Boddaert, 1785) | Common Ringtail Possum recorded on 2024-09-10
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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 C42205
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:NMV:Mammalogy:PreservedSpecimen:C42205
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations Spirit|Wet|formalin 10%|ethanol 70%
Identified by Dr Kevin C. Rowe - Museums Victoria  
Collector Dr Kevin C. Rowe - Museums Victoria
Sex Male
Individual count 1
Life stage Juvenile
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]
Date identified 2024-09-10
Supplied as 10/09/2024

Event

Occurrence date 2024-09-10
Supplied date "2024-09-10T00:00:00\2024-09-10T00:00:00"
Sampling protocol salvage  
End day of year 254
Date precision DAY
Start day of year 254

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 Greensborough, Plenty River Drive
Latitude -37.6828
Supplied as: "-37.6828"
Longitude 145.11
Supplied as: "145.11"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "WGS84"
Verbatim locality Greensborough, Plenty River Drive
Coordinate precision Unknown
Georeference sources Collector
Georeference protocol Google Maps Estimated
Terrestrial true
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Regions) South Eastern Highlands
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Subregions), contextual (polygon) Highlands-Southern Fall
    IBRA 7.1 Regions South Eastern Highlands
    IBRA 7.1 Subegions Highlands-Southern Fall
    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 Eastern Highlands
    IBRA 7 Regions South Eastern Highlands
    IBRA 7 Subregions Highlands-Southern Fall
    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 - North-East
    Indigenous Locations 2021 Nillumbik
    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 Jagajaga
    Electorates March 2025 Jagajaga
    Local Government Areas 2011 Nillumbik (S)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Nillumbik - South-West
    Local Government Areas 2023 Nillumbik
    Local Government Areas 2025 Nillumbik
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 NILLUMBIK SHIRE
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 13
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 1155
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) GREATER MELBOURNE
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) PLENTY - YARRAMBAT
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) NILLUMBIK - KINGLAKE
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) MELBOURNE - NORTH EAST
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) JAGAJAGA
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) MELBOURNE - NORTH-EAST
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) NILLUMBIK
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) MELBOURNE
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Major Cities of Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) YAN YEAN
    PSMA States (2016) VICTORIA
    State Electoral Divisions 2022 Bundoora (North-Eastern Metropolitan)
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Social
    Australia 2021 Australia
    Destination Zones 2021 Plenty - Yarrambat
    Greater Capital City Statistical Areas 2021 Greater Melbourne
    Postal Areas 2021 3088
    Remoteness Areas 2021 Major Cities of Australia
    States and Territories 2021 Victoria
    Statistical Areas Level 1 20903121309
    Statistical Areas Level 2 Plenty - Yarrambat
    Statistical Areas Level 3 Nillumbik - Kinglake
    Statistical Areas Level 4 Melbourne - North East
    Tourism Regions 2021 Yarra Valley and the Dandenong Ranges
    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 open forests
    Vegetation types - present cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 63588.0 frequency
    Species Richness 2355.0 frequency
    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 724.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 183.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 10.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 144.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 15.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 150.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 17.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 211.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 15.3 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 44.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 22.6 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 14.3 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 22.6 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 4.6 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 9.5 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 10.9 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 19.1 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.48 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.35
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 27.1 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 19.4 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 14.4 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - annual 779.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - coldest quarter 192.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest month 47.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest quarter 159.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - seasonality 13.9410925 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - warmest quarter 159.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest month 77.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest quarter 226.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 14.529166 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual range 21.7 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest month min 5.3 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest quarter mean 9.6 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - diurnal range mean 10.008333 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - driest quarter mean 19.566666 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - isothermality 46.121353 %
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - seasonality 405.19614
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest month max 27.0 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest quarter mean 19.566666 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - wettest quarter mean 13.7 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 48.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.68
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.97
    Elevation 96.0 m