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Occurrence record: Mammals:M27366

Preserved specimen of Canis familiaris Linnaeus, 1758 | Dingo recorded on 1968-05-01
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Dataset

Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Australian National Wildlife Collection provider for OZCAM
Institution code Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Supplied institution code "ANWC"
Collection Australian National Wildlife Collection
Supplied collection code "Mammals"
Catalog number M27366
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:ANWC:Mammals:M27366
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations skull
Record number WF21
Sex probably female
License CC-BY
Establishment means wild location
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Collection http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34932
Dataset name / Survey name [ANWC salvage pre-Nagoya (12/10/2014)]
Dataset ID [urn:anwc.csiro.au:collections:3]

Event

Dataset name / Survey name ANWC salvage pre-Nagoya (12/10/2014)  
Occurrence date 1968-05-01
Supplied date "1968-05-01/1968-05-31"
Verbatim event date MAY1968
End day of year 152
Date precision DAY_RANGE
Start day of year 122
Event date end 1968-05-31

Taxonomy

Scientific name Canis familiaris
Supplied scientific name "Canis familiaris dingo"
Identified to rank species
Supplied as "Subspecies"
Common name Dingo
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Mammalia
Order Carnivora
Family Canidae
Genus Canis
Species Canis familiaris
Name match metric higherMatch
Infraspecific epithet dingo
Scientific name authorship Linnaeus, 1758
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Western Australia
Locality 100 MILES N OF RAWLINNA, NULLARBOR PLAIN
Latitude -29.6667
Supplied as: "-29.6667"
Longitude 125.8417
Supplied as: "125.8417"
Datum EPSG:4326
Water body not applicable
Island not applicable
Island group not applicable
Location remarks confident in available location data
Coordinate precision 0.00139
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 2000.0
Terrestrial true
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Continent Oceania
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim SRS not recorded; assume WGS84 for Australia

Additional properties

verbatim uncertainty confident in available location data

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    CAPAD 2022 - Terrestrial (Collaborative Australian Protected Areas Database) Anangu Tjutaku
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Regions) Nullarbor
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Subregions), contextual (polygon) Carlisle
    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 Nullarbor
    IBRA 7 Regions Nullarbor
    IBRA 7 Subregions Carlisle
    Hydrology
    Australian Drainage Divisions 2021 South Western Plateau
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 South Western Plateau
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 SALT LAKE
    Indigenous
    2025 Indigenous Protected Areas (IPAs) - Dedicated Anangu Tjutaku
    Indigenous Areas 2021 Menzies - Leonora
    Indigenous Locations 2021 Menzies - Leonora - Surrounds
    Indigenous Protected Areas (IPAs) - Dedicated Anangu Tjutaku
    Indigenous Regions 2021 Kalgoorlie
    RATSIB (representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander body) Areas 2024 Central Desert
    Land Management
    Western Australian Biodiversity Science Research Priority Regions Deserts
    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 O'Connor
    Electorates March 2025 O'connor
    Local Government Areas 2011 Menzies (S)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Menzies
    Local Government Areas 2023 Menzies
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 SHIRE OF MENZIES
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 200
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 429
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF WA
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) LEINSTER - LEONORA
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) GOLDFIELDS
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) WESTERN AUSTRALIA - OUTBACK (SOUTH)
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) O'CONNOR
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) MENZIES - LEONORA
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) MENZIES - LEONORA - SURROUNDS
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) KALGOORLIE
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Very Remote Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) MINING AND PASTORAL REGION
    PSMA States (2016) WESTERN AUSTRALIA
    State Electoral Divisions 2022 Kalgoorlie (Mining and Pastoral)
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Social
    Australia 2021 Australia
    Destination Zones 2021 Leinster - Leonora
    Greater Capital City Statistical Areas 2021 Rest of WA
    Postal Areas 2021 6431
    Remoteness Areas 2021 Very Remote Australia
    States and Territories 2021 Western Australia
    Statistical Areas Level 2 Leinster - Leonora
    Statistical Areas Level 3 Goldfields
    Statistical Areas Level 4 Western Australia - Outback (South)
    Tourism Regions 2021 Australia's Golden Outback
    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 Acacia Forests and Woodlands
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Mulga (Acacia aneura) woodlands and shrublands +/- tussock grass +/- forbs
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Other Crown Land
    Vegetation types - native Acacia forests and woodlands
    Vegetation types - present Acacia forests and woodlands

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 17.0 frequency
    Species Richness 16.0 frequency
    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 191.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 38.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 2.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 30.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 42.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 67.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 7.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 67.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 20.4 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 31.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 27.3 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 19.9 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 31.3 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 4.6 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 12.9 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 15.7 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 17.0 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.5 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.78
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 35.9 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 26.2 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 26.1 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - annual 193.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - coldest quarter 38.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest month 10.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest quarter 32.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - seasonality 36.037582 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - warmest quarter 67.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest month 27.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest quarter 67.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 20.125 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual range 30.8 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest month min 4.8 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest quarter mean 13.15 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - diurnal range mean 16.133333 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - driest quarter mean 14.566667 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - isothermality 52.380955 %
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - seasonality 537.1114
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest month max 35.6 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest quarter mean 26.466667 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - wettest quarter mean 26.466667 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 49.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.08
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.13
    Elevation 202.0 m