Occurrence record: cPlatypus - cplatypus:76

Human observation of Ornithorhynchus anatinus (Shaw, 1799) | Duck-billed Platypus recorded on 2022-05-22
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Dataset

Data resource cPlatypus
Catalog number cplatypus:76
Record type Human observation
Supplied basis "HumanObservation"
Collector Clark, Sylvia  
Supplied as "Sylvia Clark"
Identification qualifier Certain
Individual count 1
License CC-BY-NC 2.5 (Int)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Occurrence remarks I own this property, it borders the Agnes river. I have seen 2 platy in the location, but usually just one we oftern sight them when we go there, it is a bush block in a gully with many ferns. We are surrounded by farmland, so it is a haven for wildlife.
State conservation Victoria: Vulnerable
Supplied as Vulnerable

Event

Occurrence date 2022-05-22
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Scientific name Ornithorhynchus anatinus
Identified to rank species
Common name Duck-billed Platypus
Supplied common name "Platypus"
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Mammalia
Order Monotremata
Family Ornithorhynchidae
Genus Ornithorhynchus
Species Ornithorhynchus anatinus
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship (Shaw, 1799)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Victoria
Supplied as: "VIC"
Locality Woomera Creek Road Toora North
Supplied as: " Woomera Creek Road Toora North"
Latitude -38.591063
Supplied as: "-38.591063461071535"
Longitude 146.353426
Supplied as: "146.3534259796143"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "WGS84"
Coordinate precision Unknown
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 2.0
Terrestrial true
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    NRM Regions 2010 West Gippsland
    NRM Regions 2017 West Gippsland
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 West Gippsland
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions South Eastern Highlands
    IBRA 7 Regions South Eastern Highlands
    IBRA 7 Subregions Strzelecki Ranges
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 South East Coast (Victoria)
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 SOUTH GIPPSLAND
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Victoria (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories Victoria
    Australian States and Territories Victoria
    Indigenous Land Use Agreements Gunaikurnai Settlement ILUA
    Local Government Areas 2011 South Gippsland (S)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated South Gippsland - East
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 SOUTH GIPPSLAND SHIRE
    National Native Title Register (NNTR, Determinations of Native Title) - boundaries and core attributes Gunai/Kurnai People
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 0
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 582
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF VIC.
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) FOSTER
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) GIPPSLAND - SOUTH WEST
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) LATROBE - GIPPSLAND
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) MONASH
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) SOUTH GIPPSLAND - BASS COAST
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) SOUTH GIPPSLAND
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) VICTORIA EXC. MELBOURNE
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Inner Regional Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) EASTERN VICTORIA
    PSMA States (2016) VICTORIA
    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 Non forest
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Eucalypt Open Forests
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Eucalyptus (+/- tall) open forest with a dense broad-leaved and/or tree-fern understorey (wet sclerophyll)
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Private Freehold
    Vegetation types - native Rainforests and vine thickets
    Vegetation types - present cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 1079.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 321.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 11.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 189.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 21.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 189.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 27.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 327.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 14.2 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 47.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 20.9 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 13.5 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 18.5 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 5.6 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 9.4 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 8.2 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 17.8 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.44 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.14
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 24.1 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 17.8 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 10.7 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 12.783334 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 49.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.85
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0
    Elevation 225.0 m