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Occurrence record: Birds:O20966

Preserved specimen of Casuarius casuarius (Linnaeus, 1758) | Southern Cassowary
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Dataset

Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Queensland Museum provider for OZCAM
Institution code Queensland Museum
Supplied institution code "QM"
Collection Queensland Museum Birds
Supplied collection code "Birds"
Catalog number O20966
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:QM:Birds:O20966
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "Preserved specimen"
Preparations Skeletal parts
License CC-BY
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Field notes D4412

Event

Verbatim event date 1885
Date precision NOT_SUPPLIED

Taxonomy

Scientific name Casuarius casuarius
Identified to rank species
Common name Southern Cassowary
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Aves
Order Struthioniformes
Supplied as "Casuariiformes"
Family Casuariidae
Genus Casuarius
Species Casuarius casuarius
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship (Linnaeus, 1758)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Papua New Guinea
Locality Fly R
Latitude -8.383333
Supplied as: "-8.383333"
Longitude 143.133333
Supplied as: "143.133333"
Datum EPSG:4326
Field notes D4412
Coordinate precision Unknown
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 8° 23' South
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Continent Oceania
Marine false
Country Code PG
Verbatim longitude 143° 8' East

Additional properties

object id VE18910

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