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Occurrence record: Mammalogy:M28115

Preserved specimen of Hydrurga leptonyx (Blainville, 1820) | Leopard Seal recorded on 2019-12-02
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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 M28115
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:902263"]
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations PC(WO)
Collector Stemmer, David, Shaughnessy, Dr Peter, Breed, Esther, Iwao, Seiji, NPWSA Ranger
Sex Female
License CC-BY
Language en
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
State conservation Rare

Event

Event ID urn:emu.sam.sa.gov.au:Event:269461
Occurrence date 2019-12-02
Supplied date "2/12/2019"
End day of year 336
Date precision DAY
Start day of year 336

Taxonomy

Scientific name Hydrurga leptonyx
Supplied scientific name "Hydrurga leptonyx (Blainville, 1820)"
Identified to rank species
Common name Leopard Seal
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Mammalia
Order Carnivora
Family Phocidae
Genus Hydrurga
Species Hydrurga leptonyx
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship (Blainville, 1820)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory South Australia
Locality Port Elliot (PO) | 1.7 km WSW
Latitude -35.5361
Supplied as: "-35.5361"
Longitude 138.6636
Supplied as: "138.6636"
Datum EPSG:4326
Coordinate precision 0.0001
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 35 32 10 S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 138 39 49 E

Additional properties

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

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Regions) Kanmantoo
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Subregions), contextual (polygon) Fleurieu
    NRM Regions 2010 Adelaide and Mount Lofty Ranges
    NRM Regions 2017 Adelaide and Mount Lofty Ranges
    Natural Resource Management (NRM) Regions 2023 Hills and Fleurieu
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Adelaide and Mount Lofty Ranges
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Kanmantoo
    IBRA 7 Regions Kanmantoo
    IBRA 7 Subregions Fleurieu
    Hydrology
    Australian Drainage Divisions 2021 South Australian Gulf
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 South Australian Gulf
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 FLEURIEU PENINSULA
    Indigenous
    Indigenous Areas 2021 Fleurieu - Kangaroo Island
    Indigenous Land Use Agreements Ngarrindjeri Part A Settlement ILUA
    Indigenous Locations 2021 Fleurieu - Kangaroo Island
    Indigenous Regions 2021 Adelaide
    RATSIB (representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander body) Areas 2024 Greater South Australia
    Marine
    States including coastal waters South Australia (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories South Australia
    Australian States and Territories South Australia
    Commonwealth Electoral Divisions 2021 Mayo
    Electorates March 2025 Mayo
    Local Government Areas 2011 Alexandrina (DC)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Alexandrina - Coastal
    Local Government Areas 2023 Alexandrina
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 ALEXANDRINA COUNCIL
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 28
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 717
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF SA
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) GOOLWA - PORT ELLIOT
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) FLEURIEU - KANGAROO ISLAND
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) SOUTH AUSTRALIA - SOUTH EAST
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) MAYO
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) FLEURIEU - KANGAROO ISLAND
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) FLEURIEU - KANGAROO ISLAND
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) ADELAIDE
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Inner Regional Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
    PSMA States (2016) SOUTH AUSTRALIA
    State Electoral Divisions 2022 Finniss
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Social
    Australia 2021 Australia
    Destination Zones 2021 Goolwa - Port Elliot
    Greater Capital City Statistical Areas 2021 Rest of SA
    Postal Areas 2021 5212
    Remoteness Areas 2021 Inner Regional Australia
    States and Territories 2021 South Australia
    Statistical Areas Level 2 Goolwa - Port Elliot
    Statistical Areas Level 3 Fleurieu - Kangaroo Island
    Statistical Areas Level 4 South Australia - South East
    Tourism Regions 2021 Fleurieu Peninsula
    Vegetation
    Forests of Australia 2018B Non forest
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Other Shrublands
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Other shrublands
    Vegetation types - native Other shrublands
    Vegetation types - present Other shrublands

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 52881.0 frequency
    Species Richness 2957.0 frequency
    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 510.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 215.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 3.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 55.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 49.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 57.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 18.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 215.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 17.1 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 43.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 25.5 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 15.6 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 17.9 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 7.1 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 11.7 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 9.2 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 19.4 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.51 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.05
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 25.1 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 19.4 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 11.7 degrees C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 51.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.47
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.92
    Elevation 22.0 m