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Occurrence record: Mammalogy:CS2614

Human observation of Hyperoodon planifrons Flower, 1882 | Southern Bottle-nosed Whale recorded on 2001-12-22
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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 CS2614
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:573913"]
Record type Human observation
Supplied basis "HumanObservation"
Individual count 5
License CC-BY
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Occurrence remarks 1-2km from shore. 1-2km from observer. How observed: from cliff with naked eye Social group: grouped Images at South Australian Museum: no
State conservation South Australia: Rare
Supplied as R

Event

Event ID urn:emu.sam.sa.gov.au:Event:208960
Occurrence date 2001-12-22
Date precision DAY
Event time 13:00:

Taxonomy

Scientific name Hyperoodon planifrons
Supplied scientific name "Hyperoodon planifrons Flower, 1882"
Identified to rank species
Common name Southern Bottle-nosed Whale
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Mammalia
Order Cetacea
Family Ziphiidae
Genus Hyperoodon
Species Hyperoodon planifrons
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship Flower, 1882
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory South Australia
Latitude -35.87
Supplied as: "-35.87"
Longitude 137.77
Supplied as: "137.77"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality Pennington Bay | Just East of Pennington Bay
Coordinate precision 0.01
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 35 52 S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 137 46 E

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    Area Management
    Australian Coral Ecoregions South-east Australia
    NRM Regions 2010 Kangaroo Island
    NRM Regions 2017 Kangaroo Island
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Kangaroo Island
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Spencer Gulf Shelf Province
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Eyre
    States including coastal waters South Australia (including Coastal Waters)