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Tasmanian Tigers (Thylacinus cynocephalus) are rumoured to still roam the wilds of Tasmania. This is a 'mock' dataset of a survey of Tasmanian Tigers. Sadly no tigers were caught!

Usage

thylacine_data

Format

A data frame with 8 rows and 13 variables:

site

name given to each site

trap

there were two traps at each site, 1 and 2

date_trap_setup

the date time the trap was setup

date_trap_collected

the date time the trap was collected

longitude_dd

longitude of the trap in decimal degrees

latitude_dd

latitude of the trap in decimal degrees

longitude_dms

longitude of the trap in degrees minutes seconds

latitude_dms

latitude of the trap in degrees minutes seconds

longitude_ddm

longitude of the trap in degrees decimal minutes

latitude_ddm

latitude of the trap in degrees decimal minutes

gps_uncertainty

the uncertainty of the coordinates given by the GPS

species

the species being identified / counted

count

the number of individuals found in a trap