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Occurrence record: Mammalogy:M21277

Preserved specimen of Kogia sima (Owen, 1866) | Dwarf Sperm Whale recorded on 1999-11-28
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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 M21277
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:151914"]
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations PC(WO)
Collector Hern S., Hill M., Kennedy J.
Sex Female
Associated Occurrence Status Representative record
Associated occurrences This record has 5 inferred associated occurrences
For more information see Inferred associated occurrence details
License CC-BY
Language en
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Associated records REPRESENTATIVE
State conservation Rare

Event

Event ID urn:emu.sam.sa.gov.au:Event:88326
Occurrence date 1999-11-28
Supplied date "28/11/1999"
End day of year 332
Date precision DAY
Start day of year 332

Taxonomy

Scientific name Kogia sima
Supplied scientific name "Kogia sima (Owen, 1866)"
Identified to rank species
Common name Dwarf Sperm Whale
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Mammalia
Order Cetacea
Family Kogiidae
Genus Kogia
Species Kogia sima
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship (Owen, 1866)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory South Australia
Locality Adelaide (GPO) | 15.4 km NE (=200 m N Largs Bay jetty)
Latitude -34.82
Supplied as: "-34.82"
Longitude 138.48
Supplied as: "138.48"
Datum EPSG:4326
Coordinate precision 0.01
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 34 49 S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 138 29 E

Additional properties

right holder Museum Board of South Australia
source file sam-ala-export-2024-12-18.csv

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    Inferred associated occurrence details

    This record has been identified as the representative occurrence in a group of associated occurrences. This mean other records have been detected that seem to relate to this record and this particular record has the most detailed information on the occurrence. More information about the duplication detection methods and terminology in use is available here:

    Representative Record
    Record UUID 05209bf2-3d2b-4242-9316-96839865b812
    Data Resource South Australian Museum Adelaide provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Kogia sima (Owen, 1866)
    Coordinates -34.82,138.48
    Related records
    Record UUID 1be2c5ec-01c0-4dce-9dab-c2e4dabcac0f
    Data Resource South Australian Museum Adelaide provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Kogia sima (Owen, 1866)
    Coordinates -34.82,138.48
    Record UUID e62c5b21-9a30-4ca3-870a-d60c34854f02
    Data Resource South Australian Museum Adelaide provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Kogia sima (Owen, 1866)
    Coordinates -34.82,138.48
    Record UUID 8547fb3d-3856-4791-a576-c5c0b55d66bc
    Data Resource South Australian Museum Adelaide provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Kogia sima (Owen, 1866)
    Coordinates -34.82,138.48
    Record UUID 2d153a1d-213c-47f2-aa9d-10d2123de368
    Data Resource South Australian Museum Adelaide provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Kogia sima (Owen, 1866)
    Coordinates -34.82,138.48
    Record UUID 404b9180-4988-4ac9-80d9-9707c641a2c8
    Data Resource South Australian Museum Adelaide provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Kogia sima (Owen, 1866)
    Coordinates -34.82,138.48

    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Australian Coral Ecoregions South-east Australia
    IMCRA v4.0 Meso-Scale Bioregions (Integrated Marine and Coastal Regionalisation of Australia) St Vincent Gulf
    IMCRA v4.0 Provincial Bioregions (Integrated Marine and Coastal Regionalisation of Australia) Spencer Gulf Shelf Province
    NRM Regions 2010 Adelaide and Mount Lofty Ranges
    NRM Regions 2017 Adelaide and Mount Lofty Ranges
    Natural Resource Management (NRM) Regions 2023 Green Adelaide
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Adelaide and Mount Lofty Ranges
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Spencer Gulf Shelf Province
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions St Vincent Gulf
    Indigenous
    RATSIB (representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander body) Areas 2024 Greater South Australia
    States including coastal waters South Australia (including Coastal Waters)

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 9107.0 frequency
    Species Richness 1505.0 frequency