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Occurrence record: Mammal:U7357

Preserved specimen of Rattus lutreolus (J.E. Gray, 1841) | Swamp Rat
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Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Northern Territory Museum and Art Gallery provider for OZCAM
Institution code Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory
Supplied institution code "MAGNT"
Collection Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory Mammal Collection
Supplied collection code "Mammal"
Catalog number U7357
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:MAGNT:Mammal:U7357
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "Preserved Specimen"
Preparations skin
Identified by H.H. Finlayson  
License CC-BY 4.0 (Au)
Supplied as CC BY 4.0 AU
Rights holder Board of the Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory
Language en
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
State conservation South Australia: Rare
Supplied as R

Event

Occurrence date Year: 1936, Month: 8, Day:
Supplied as year:1936  month:8 
Date precision MONTH

Taxonomy

Scientific name Rattus lutreolus
Identified to rank species
Common name Swamp Rat
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Mammalia
Order Rodentia
Family Muridae
Genus Rattus
Species Rattus lutreolus
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship (J.E. Gray, 1841)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory South Australia
Supplied as: "SA"
Locality Boat Harbor Creek, Fleurieu Peninsula
Latitude -35.63333
Supplied as: "-35.63333"
Longitude 138.28333
Supplied as: "138.28333"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "not recorded"
Coordinate precision Unknown
Terrestrial true
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    CAPAD 2016 Terrestrial Deep Creek
    CAPAD 2020 Terrestrial Deep Creek
    NRM Regions 2010 Adelaide and Mount Lofty Ranges
    NRM Regions 2017 Adelaide and Mount Lofty Ranges
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Adelaide and Mount Lofty Ranges
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Kanmantoo
    IBRA 7 Regions Kanmantoo
    IBRA 7 Subregions Fleurieu
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 South Australian Gulf
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 FLEURIEU PENINSULA
    Marine
    States including coastal waters South Australia (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories South Australia
    Australian States and Territories South Australia
    Local Government Areas 2011 Yankalilla (DC)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Yankalilla
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 THE DC OF YANKALILLA
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 28
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 717
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF SA
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) YANKALILLA
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) FLEURIEU - KANGAROO ISLAND
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) SOUTH AUSTRALIA - SOUTH EAST
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) MAYO
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) FLEURIEU - KANGAROO ISLAND
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) FLEURIEU - KANGAROO ISLAND
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) ADELAIDE
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Inner Regional Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
    PSMA States (2016) SOUTH AUSTRALIA
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    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 Eucalypt Low Woodland
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Eucalypt Open Forests
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Eucalyptus open forests with a shrubby understorey
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Nature Conservation Reserve

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 625.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 276.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 4.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 61.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 55.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 61.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 24.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 278.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 16.8 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 44.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 24.8 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 15.2 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 16.4 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 7.8 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 11.4 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 7.8 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 19.0 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.47 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.04
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 24.2 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 19.0 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 11.5 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 14.658334 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 47.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.55
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0
    Elevation 222.0 m