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Occurrence record: Mammalogy:M.45514.001

Preserved specimen of Orcinus orca (Linnaeus, 1758) | Killer Whale recorded on 1955-05-12
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Dataset

Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
Institution code Australian Museum
Supplied institution code "AM"
Collection Australian Museum Mammalogy Collection
Supplied collection code "Mammalogy"
Catalog number M.45514.001
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:1534532","urn:catalog:AM:Mammalogy:M.45514.001"]
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:AM:Mammalogy:M.45514.001
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations ecatalogue.PrePrepDescription: "Organ"; ecatalogue.PreStorageMedium: "75% ethanol";
Collector Dawbin, W. H  
Supplied as "Dawbin, W H"
Sex Female
License CC-BY 3.0 (Au)
Presence/Absence PRESENT

Event

Event ID urn:australianmuseum.net.au:Events:1169656
Occurrence date 1955-05-12
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Scientific name Orcinus orca
Supplied scientific name "Orcinus orca (Linnaeus, 1758)"
Identified to rank species
Common name Killer Whale
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Mammalia
Order Cetacea
Family Delphinidae
Genus Orcinus
Species Orcinus orca
Name match metric exactMatch
Accepted name Orcinus orca (Linnaeus, 1758)
Scientific name authorship (Linnaeus, 1758)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Name according to (Linnaeus, 1758)

Geospatial

Country New Zealand
Latitude -40.89333
Supplied as: "-40.89333"
Longitude 174.97971
Supplied as: "174.97971"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim coordinate system unknown
Verbatim locality Paraparaumu Beach
Location remarks ecatalogue.LocCollectionEventLocal: "New Zealand, Paraparaumu, Paraparaumu Beach (40° 53' 36" S, 174° 58' 47" E) 12/05/1955 - 12/05/1955, Dawbin, W H(Collector)"; ecatalogue.SqsCityTown: "Paraparaumu";
Coordinate precision 1e-05
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 1000.0
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 40° 53' 36" S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code NZ
Verbatim longitude 174° 58' 47" E

Additional properties

dcterms:modified 2012/10/15
dcterms:type PhysicalObject
dcterms modified 2012/10/15
dcterms type PhysicalObject
verbatim uncertainty 100m-1km

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    Biodiversity
    NZ Ecological Districts 1987 Foxton
    Political
    NZ Land Provinces Wellington Region
    NZ Land Registration Districts Wellington
    World Country Boundaries New Zealand

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 13.070833 °C