Occurrence record: cPlatypus - cplatypus:92

Human observation of Ornithorhynchus anatinus (Shaw, 1799) | Duck-billed Platypus recorded on 2022-07-15
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Dataset

Data resource cPlatypus
Catalog number cplatypus:92
Record type Human observation
Supplied basis "HumanObservation"
Collector Macdonald, Anna  
Supplied as "Anna MacDonald"
Identification qualifier Certain
Individual count 1
License CC-BY-NC 2.5 (Int)
Videos [e06829cc-02a7-4a6b-bdba-31b5ce718b8a]
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Occurrence remarks Platypus sighted in small pond (dam) on property near house, after several days of rain. First time seen one in 15 months here. Observed platypus at 6pm, after dark. Watched it swimming around pond and foraging in open water and vegetation for several minutes, then left it alone. Not sighted next day. Brown tree frogs calling at the time.

Event

Occurrence date 2022-07-15
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 Tasmania
Supplied as: "TAS"
Locality Channel Highway near Doughboy Drive intersection, Kettering, Tasmania
Latitude -43.115011
Supplied as: "-43.115011363744166"
Longitude 147.245711
Supplied as: "147.24571108818057"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "WGS84"
Coordinate precision Unknown
Terrestrial true
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    NRM Regions 2010 South
    NRM Regions 2017 South NRM Region
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 South NRM Region
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Tasmanian South East
    IBRA 7 Regions Tasmanian South East
    IBRA 7 Subregions South East
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 Tasmania
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 KINGSTON COAST
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Tasmania (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories Tasmania
    Australian States and Territories Tasmania
    Local Government Areas 2011 Kingborough (M)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Kingborough
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 KINGBOROUGH COUNCIL
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 10
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 1297
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF TAS.
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) BRUNY ISLAND - KETTERING
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) HUON - BRUNY ISLAND
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) SOUTH EAST
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) FRANKLIN
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) KINGBOROUGH
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) KINGBOROUGH
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) TASMANIA
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Inner Regional Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) FRANKLIN
    PSMA States (2016) TASMANIA
    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 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 woodlands
    Vegetation types - present cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 805.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 228.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 12.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 170.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 15.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 174.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 21.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 239.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 13.0 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 49.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 19.9 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 12.0 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 17.4 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 3.9 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 8.4 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 9.0 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 15.3 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.52 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 0.98
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 21.3 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 15.6 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 9.2 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 11.5375 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 51.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.83
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0
    Elevation 82.0 m