Occurrence record: Mammalogy:M.2368.002

Preserved specimen of Melomys Thomas, 1922 | Slender Mosaic-tailed Rat recorded on 1876
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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.2368.002
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:1446925","urn:catalog:AM:Mammalogy:M.2368.002"]
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:AM:Mammalogy:M.2368.002
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations ecatalogue.PrePrepDescription: "Whole skin"; ecatalogue.PreStorageMedium: "Dry";
Collector Brown, George  
Supplied as "Brown, George"
Specimen type Syntype: Mus musavora Ramsay, 1877 : Muridae : Rodentia : Mammalia : Chordata;Allotype: Mus musavora Ramsay, 1877 : Muridae : Rodentia : Mammalia : Chordata;Lectotype: Mus musavora Ramsay, 1877 : Muridae : Rodentia : Mammalia : Chordata
Sex Male
License CC-BY 3.0 (Au)
Presence/Absence PRESENT

Event

Event ID urn:australianmuseum.net.au:Events:4015426
Occurrence date [date not supplied] Year: 1876, Month: , Day:
Supplied date "1876"
Date precision YEAR

Taxonomy

Scientific name Melomys
Supplied scientific name "Melomys rufescens (Alston, 1877)"
Identified to rank genus
Common name Slender Mosaic-tailed Rat
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Mammalia
Order Rodentia
Family Muridae
Genus Melomys
Species Melomys rufescens
Name match metric higherMatch
Accepted name Melomys rufescens (Alston, 1877)
Scientific name authorship Thomas, 1922
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Name according to (Alston, 1877)

Geospatial

Country Papua New Guinea
Latitude -4.166
Supplied as: "-4.166"
Longitude 152.466
Supplied as: "152.466"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality Duke of York Island
Location remarks ecatalogue.LocCollectionEventLocal: "Papua New Guinea, Duke of York Island (4° 10' S, 152° 28' E) 1876 - 1876, Accession";
Coordinate precision 0.001
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 4° 10' S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code PG
Verbatim longitude 152° 28' E

Additional properties

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Political
    World Country Boundaries Papua New Guinea

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 26.604166 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 88.0 %