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Occurrence record: Mammalogy:M.57134.003

Preserved specimen of Vombatus ursinus (Shaw, 1800) | Bare-nosed Wombat recorded on 2025-12-09
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Dataset

Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
Institution code Australian Museum
Supplied institution code "AM"
Collection Australian Museum Mammalogy Collection
Supplied collection code "Mammalogy"
Catalog number M.57134.003
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:10622918,urn:catalog:AM:Mammalogy:M.57134.003"]
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by Divljan, Dr Anja - Australian Museum - Mammalogy  
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 3.0 (Au)
Degree of establishment Road kill
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Sampling protocol [Road kill]
Associated records ASSOCIATED
Date identified 2026-03-11

Event

Event ID urn:australianmuseum.net.au:Events:10086981
Occurrence date 2025-12-09
Supplied date "2025-12-09/2025-12-09"
Sampling protocol Road kill  
End day of year 343
Date precision DAY
Start day of year 343

Taxonomy

Scientific name Vombatus ursinus
Supplied scientific name "Vombatus ursinus (Shaw, 1800)"
Identified to rank species
Common name Bare-nosed Wombat
Supplied common name "Common Wombat"
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Mammalia
Order Diprotodontia
Family Vombatidae
Genus Vombatus
Species Vombatus ursinus
Name match metric exactMatch
Accepted name Vombatus ursinus (Shaw, 1800)
Scientific name authorship (Shaw, 1800)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Name according to (Shaw, 1800)

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Western Australia
Supplied as: "New South Wales"
Latitude -20.461111
Supplied as: "-20.461111"
Longitude 115.525276
Supplied as: "115.525276"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim coordinate system unknown
Verbatim locality Great North Road, approximately 500m south of number 4932 in a small clearing
Location remarks Australia, New South Wales, Bucketty, Great North Road, approximately 500m south of number 4932 in a small clearing (33° 05' 01" S, 151° 07' 39" E) 09/12/2025 - 09/12/2025, Ingleby, Dr Sandy - Australian Museum - Mammalogy(Collector), Road kill, Accession
Coordinate precision Unknown
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 500.0
Terrestrial true
Georeference remarks Coordinates estimated from Google Earth, based on description provided by the collector/donor (Note written: 11/12/2025).
Verbatim latitude 20° 27' 40" S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 115° 31' 31" E

Additional properties

verbatim uncertainty 100m-1km

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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 67b1c434-38e6-4832-9c38-220f6e249baf
    Data Resource Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Vombatus ursinus (Shaw, 1800)
    Coordinates -20.461111,115.525276
    Related records
    Record UUID cd4dcbc4-fcf7-4bde-9743-9f49c5a94e01
    Data Resource Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Vombatus ursinus (Shaw, 1800)
    Coordinates -20.461111,115.525276
    Record UUID f1235362-e61f-4aba-9ac1-f934df484f41
    Data Resource Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Vombatus ursinus (Shaw, 1800)
    Coordinates -20.461111,115.525276
    Record UUID c6f99698-d338-47c3-8e32-147a920c5e63
    Data Resource Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Vombatus ursinus (Shaw, 1800)
    Coordinates -20.461111,115.525276
    Record UUID f83b0b3e-a319-4a09-9891-da7c027dffa4
    Data Resource Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Vombatus ursinus (Shaw, 1800)
    Coordinates -20.461111,115.525276

    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Australian Coral Ecoregions Ningaloo Reef & NW Western Australia
    CAPAD 2016 Terrestrial Montebello Islands
    CAPAD 2020 Terrestrial Montebello Islands
    CAPAD 2022 - Terrestrial (Collaborative Australian Protected Areas Database) Montebello Islands
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Regions) Carnarvon
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Subregions), contextual (polygon) Cape Range
    NRM Regions 2010 Rangelands
    NRM Regions 2017 Rangelands Region
    Natural Resource Management (NRM) Regions 2023 Rangelands Region
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Rangelands Region
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Carnarvon
    IBRA 7 Regions Carnarvon
    IBRA 7 Subregions Cape Range
    Hydrology
    Australian Drainage Divisions 2021 Pilbara-Gascoyne
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 ONSLOW COAST
    Indigenous
    Indigenous Areas 2021 Roebourne - Wickham
    Indigenous Locations 2021 Dampier
    Indigenous Regions 2021 South Hedland
    RATSIB (representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander body) Areas 2024 Pilbara
    Land Management
    Western Australian Biodiversity Science Research Priority Regions Islands
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Western Australia (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories Western Australia
    Australian States and Territories Western Australia
    Commonwealth Electoral Divisions 2021 Durack
    Electorates March 2025 Durack
    Local Government Areas 2011 Roebourne (S)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Roebourne
    Local Government Areas 2023 Karratha
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 CITY OF KARRATHA
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 367
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 1197
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF WA
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) ROEBOURNE
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) WEST PILBARA
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) WESTERN AUSTRALIA - OUTBACK (NORTH)
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) DURACK
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) ROEBOURNE - WICKHAM
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) DAMPIER
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) SOUTH HEDLAND
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Very Remote Australia
    PSMA States (2016) WESTERN AUSTRALIA
    State Electoral Divisions 2022 Pilbara (Mining and Pastoral)
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Social
    Australia 2021 Australia
    Destination Zones 2021 Roebourne
    Greater Capital City Statistical Areas 2021 Rest of WA
    Postal Areas 2021 6712
    Remoteness Areas 2021 Very Remote Australia
    States and Territories 2021 Western Australia
    Statistical Areas Level 2 Roebourne
    Statistical Areas Level 3 West Pilbara
    Statistical Areas Level 4 Western Australia - Outback (North)
    Tourism Regions 2021 Australia's North West
    Vegetation
    Forests of Australia 2018B Non forest
    Vegetation types - native unknown/no data
    Vegetation types - present cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 3659.0 frequency
    Species Richness 1169.0 frequency
    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 242.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 60.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 0.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 2.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 97.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 117.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 16.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 118.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 23.5 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 24.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 26.2 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 26.2 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 18.3 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 16.9 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 21.9 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 8.8 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 25.6 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.48 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.08
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 35.2 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 30.0 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 30.0 degrees C
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.09
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.19