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Occurrence record: Mammalogy:M27175

Preserved specimen of Kogia breviceps (Blainville, 1838) | Pygmy Sperm Whale recorded on 2016-08-01
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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 M27175
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:690702"]
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations PC(WO)
Collector 1.  Marsden, Coral   2.  Npwsa  
Supplied as "Marsden, Coral - NPWSA Bugg, David - NPWSA"
Associated Occurrence Status Associated record
Associated occurrences The occurrence is associated with a representative record.
For more information see Inferred associated occurrence details
License CC-BY
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Associated records ASSOCIATED
State conservation Rare
Supplied as R

Event

Event ID urn:emu.sam.sa.gov.au:Event:125647
Occurrence date 2016-08-01
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Scientific name Kogia breviceps
Supplied scientific name "Kogia breviceps (de Blainville, 1838)"
Identified to rank species
Common name Pygmy Sperm Whale
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Mammalia
Order Cetacea
Family Kogiidae
Genus Kogia
Species Kogia breviceps
Name match metric canonicalMatch
Scientific name authorship (Blainville, 1838)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory South Australia
Latitude -35.5167
Supplied as: "-35.5167"
Longitude 138.7389
Supplied as: "138.7389"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality Middleton (PO) | 2.9 km ESE (= Middleton Beach, opposite Waikiki Way)
Coordinate precision 0.0001
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 35 31 00 S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 138 44 20 E

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    Inferred associated occurrence details

    This record is associated with the representative record. This mean another record has been detected to be similar to this record, and that the other record (the representative record) has the most detailed information for the occurrence. More information about the duplication detection methods and terminology in use is available here:

    Representative Record
    Record UUID 18ae6cd7-a7b3-4408-a293-5aa0fa79427a
    Data Resource South Australian Museum Adelaide provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Kogia breviceps (de Blainville, 1838)
    Coordinates -35.5167,138.7389
    Related records
    Record UUID 552b6ba9-cfaf-4082-b7a2-3604b2b15b1d
    Data Resource South Australian Museum Adelaide provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Kogia breviceps (de Blainville, 1838)
    Coordinates -35.5167,138.7389
    Record UUID 37cd5045-487b-43e8-9d60-7122d3b81994
    Data Resource South Australian Museum Adelaide provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Kogia breviceps (de Blainville, 1838)
    Coordinates -35.5167,138.7389
    Record UUID cb046389-0739-4cb8-9915-704adc60c4d7
    Data Resource South Australian Museum Adelaide provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Kogia breviceps (de Blainville, 1838)
    Coordinates -35.5167,138.7389
    Record UUID 1f5da715-995e-42ac-ac43-95253e21002c
    Data Resource South Australian Museum Adelaide provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Kogia breviceps (de Blainville, 1838)
    Coordinates -35.5167,138.7389
    Record UUID 5c15d8b3-c552-4b10-acc4-9c64cedc9cc1
    Data Resource South Australian Museum Adelaide provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Kogia breviceps (de Blainville, 1838)
    Coordinates -35.5167,138.7389

    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    CAPAD 2016 Marine Encounter
    CAPAD 2020 Marine Encounter
    NRM Regions 2010 Adelaide and Mount Lofty Ranges
    NRM Regions 2017 Adelaide and Mount Lofty Ranges
    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 Coorong
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 Murray-Darling Basin
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 DARLING RIVER
    Marine
    States including coastal waters South Australia (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 ALEXANDRINA COUNCIL
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
    Vegetation
    Vegetation types - native Eucalypt woodlands
    Vegetation types - present cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 485.33334 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 201.16667 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 3.1666667 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 53.333332 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 47.833332 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 56.333332 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 17.333334 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 201.16667 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 17.1 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 42.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 25.5 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 15.533334 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 18.183334 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 7.0166664 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 11.65 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 9.316667 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 19.383333 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.51 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.0633333
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 25.233334 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 19.433332 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 11.65 degrees C
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.44666666
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.895
    Elevation 10.0 m