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Occurrence record: Mammalogy:QVM:1959:1:0047

Preserved specimen of Cercartetus lepidus (Thomas, 1888) | Little Pygmy-possum
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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:1959:1:0047
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations mount
Individual count 1
License CC-BY-NC 4.0 (Int)
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present

Event

Date precision NOT_SUPPLIED

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 Railton
Latitude -41.33332
Supplied as: "-41.33332"
Longitude 146.43333
Supplied as: "146.43333"
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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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Regions) Tasmanian Northern Slopes
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Subregions), contextual (polygon) Northern Slopes
    NRM Regions 2010 North West
    NRM Regions 2017 North West NRM Region
    Natural Resource Management (NRM) Regions 2023 North West NRM Region
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 North West NRM Region
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Tasmanian Northern Slopes
    IBRA 7 Regions Tasmanian Northern Slopes
    IBRA 7 Subregions Northern Slopes
    Hydrology
    Australian Drainage Divisions 2021 Tasmania
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 Tasmania
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 MERSEY RIVER
    Indigenous
    Indigenous Areas 2021 Meander Valley - Kentish
    Indigenous Locations 2021 Kentish
    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 Lyons
    Electorates March 2025 Lyons
    Local Government Areas 2011 Kentish (M)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Kentish
    Local Government Areas 2023 Kentish
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 KENTISH COUNCIL
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 3
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 882
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF TAS.
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) SHEFFIELD - RAILTON
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) DEVONPORT
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) WEST AND NORTH WEST
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) LYONS
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) MEANDER VALLEY - KENTISH
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) KENTISH
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) TASMANIA
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Outer Regional Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) MCINTYRE
    PSMA States (2016) TASMANIA
    State Electoral Divisions 2022 Lyons (McIntyre)
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Social
    Australia 2021 Australia
    Destination Zones 2021 Sheffield - Railton
    Greater Capital City Statistical Areas 2021 Rest of Tas.
    Postal Areas 2021 7305
    Remoteness Areas 2021 Outer Regional Australia
    States and Territories 2021 Tasmania
    Statistical Areas Level 2 Sheffield - Railton
    Statistical Areas Level 3 Devonport
    Statistical Areas Level 4 West and North West
    Tourism Regions 2021 North West
    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 Eucalyptus open forest

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 2740.0 frequency
    Species Richness 697.0 frequency
    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 932.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 333.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 9.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 145.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 32.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 145.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 30.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 333.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 13.6 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 51.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 21.1 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 12.1 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 19.3 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 3.0 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 8.1 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 9.8 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 16.3 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.5 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.12
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 22.3 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 16.3 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 8.1 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - annual 1042.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - coldest quarter 375.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest month 42.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest quarter 160.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - seasonality 33.110928 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - warmest quarter 160.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest month 136.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest quarter 375.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 12.3125 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual range 17.9 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest month min 4.0 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest quarter mean 8.3 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - diurnal range mean 8.675 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - driest quarter mean 16.333334 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - isothermality 48.463688 %
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - seasonality 324.65454
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest month max 21.9 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest quarter mean 16.333334 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - wettest quarter mean 8.3 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 49.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.77
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0
    Elevation 65.0 m