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Occurrence record: MAMM:M198

Preserved specimen of Mirounga leonina (Linnaeus, 1758) | Southern Elephant Seal
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Dataset

Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Western Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
Institution code Western Australian Museum
Supplied institution code "WAM"
Collection Western Australian Museum Mammal Collection
Supplied collection code "MAMM"
Catalog number M198
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:taxonomy.org.au:MAMM:M198
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations Dental
Identified by Alexander, W.B.  
Individual count 1
License CC-BY 4.0 (Int)
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Disposition Missing
Date identified 1914-01-01

Event

Date precision NOT_SUPPLIED

Taxonomy

Scientific name Mirounga leonina
Identified to rank species
Common name Southern Elephant Seal
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Mammalia
Order Carnivora
Family Phocidae
Genus Mirounga
Species Mirounga leonina
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship (Linnaeus, 1758)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country French Southern Territories
Locality Kerguelen island
Latitude -49.5
Supplied as: "-49.5"
Longitude 69.5
Supplied as: "69.5"
Datum EPSG:4326
Island Kerguelen Island
Island group Kerguelen Islands
Coordinate precision Unknown
Municipality KERGUELEN ISLAND
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 49°30`00"S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code TF
Verbatim longitude 69°30`00"E

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    Political
    World Country Boundaries Australia

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 20.070833 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 50.0 %