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Occurrence record: Mammalogy:SR795

Human observation of Physeter macrocephalus Linnaeus, 1758 | Sperm Whale
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Dataset

Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource South Australian Museum Adelaide provider for OZCAM
Institution code South Australian Museum
Supplied institution code "SAMA"
Collection South Australian Museum Mammalogy Collection
Supplied collection code "Mammalogy"
Catalog number SR795
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:808490"]
Record type Human observation
Supplied basis "HumanObservation"
License CC-BY
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
State conservation South Australia: Rare
Supplied as R

Event

Event ID urn:emu.sam.sa.gov.au:Event:244658
Date precision NOT_SUPPLIED

Taxonomy

Scientific name Physeter macrocephalus
Supplied scientific name "Physeter macrocephalus Linnaeus, 1758"
Identified to rank species
Common name Sperm Whale
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Mammalia
Order Cetacea
Family Physeteridae
Genus Physeter
Species Physeter macrocephalus
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship Linnaeus, 1758
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory South Australia
Latitude -34.6833
Supplied as: "-34.6833"
Longitude 136.3458
Supplied as: "136.3458"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality Spilsby Island | (= southern point of Spilsby Island)
Coordinate precision 0.0001
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 34 41 00 S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 136 20 45 E

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    CAPAD 2016 Marine Sir Joseph Banks Group
    CAPAD 2020 Marine Sir Joseph Banks Group
    NRM Regions 2010 Eyre Peninsula
    NRM Regions 2017 Eyre Peninsula
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Eyre Peninsula
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Spencer Gulf Shelf Province
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Eyre
    Marine
    States including coastal waters South Australia (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    Australian States and Territories South Australia
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Unincorp. Lincoln
    World Country Boundaries Australia

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 16.283333 °C