Occurrence record: d81150e4-6ff2-4eb5-8654-d8f5bd5bce96

Human observation of Phascolarctos cinereus (Goldfuss, 1817) | Koala recorded on 2022-04-22
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Data partner Questagame
Data resource Earth Guardians Weekly Feed
Record type Human observation
Supplied basis "HumanObservation"
Identified by 1.  David (Master)   2.  John Wombey (Low)  
Collector sparkymcspark | questagame.com  
Supplied as " sparkymcspark | questagame.com"
Record number questagame-505559
License CC-BY-NC 4.0 (Int)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Occurrence remarks This furry, grey marsupial was fast asleep in the fork of a tree, approx 10m off the ground. It was a cold day and it didn't move, so the photos are somewhat limited. It looked very round, grey with some small patches of brown and white, and was very fluffy
Identification verification status Challenge ID?

Event

Occurrence date 2022-04-22
Supplied date "2022-04-21T15:44:00+0000"
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Scientific name Phascolarctos cinereus
Supplied scientific name "Phascolarctos cinereus (Goldfuss 1817)"
Identified to rank species
Common name Koala
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Mammalia
Order Diprotodontia
Family Phascolarctidae
Genus Phascolarctos
Species Phascolarctos cinereus
Scientific name ID 2440012
Name match metric canonicalMatch
Taxon remarks Mammals
Scientific name authorship (Goldfuss, 1817)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Victoria
Latitude -37.6
Supplied as: "-37.6"
Longitude 144.0
Supplied as: "144.0"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "WGS84"
Coordinate precision Unknown
Terrestrial true
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU

Additional properties

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    GER Central Victorial Biolinks GER Central Victorial Biolinks
    GER National Corridor GER National Corridor
    Great Eastern Ranges Initiative GER Great Eastern Ranges Initiative
    NRM Regions 2010 Corangamite
    NRM Regions 2017 Corangamite
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Corangamite
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Victorian Volcanic Plain
    IBRA 7 Regions Southern Volcanic Plain
    IBRA 7 Subregions Victorian Volcanic Plain
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 South East Coast (Victoria)
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 BARWON RIVER-LAKE CORANGAMITE
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Victoria (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories Victoria
    Australian States and Territories Victoria
    Local Government Areas 2011 Moorabool (S)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Moorabool - West
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 MOORABOOL SHIRE
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 3
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 671
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF VIC.
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) GORDON (VIC.)
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) CRESWICK - DAYLESFORD - BALLAN
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) BALLARAT
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) BALLARAT
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) MACEDON RANGES - MOORABOOL
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) MOORABOOL
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) VICTORIA EXC. MELBOURNE
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Inner Regional Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) WESTERN 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 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) 792.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 239.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 9.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 135.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 24.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 142.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 21.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 255.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 15.2 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 45.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 22.7 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 11.8 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 22.9 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 2.5 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 6.9 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 10.6 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 16.7 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.46 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.41
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 25.4 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 17.1 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 8.4 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 11.7625 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 47.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.76
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0
    Elevation 503.0 m