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Occurrence record: Mammalogy:M.37462

Preserved specimen of Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski, 1781) | Humpback Whale recorded on 1985-10-10
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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.37462
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:4041332","urn:catalog:AM:Mammalogy:M.37462"]
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:AM:Mammalogy:M.37462
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Collector Ayres, Rod  
Supplied as "AYRES, ROD - MID COAST WHALE RESCUE GROUP"
License CC-BY 3.0 (Au)
Presence/Absence PRESENT

Event

Event ID urn:australianmuseum.net.au:Events:4021630
Occurrence date 1985-10-10
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Scientific name Megaptera novaeangliae
Supplied scientific name "Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski, 1781)"
Identified to rank species
Common name Humpback Whale
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Mammalia
Order Cetacea
Family Balaenopteridae
Genus Megaptera
Species Megaptera novaeangliae
Name match metric exactMatch
Accepted name Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski, 1781)
Scientific name authorship (Borowski, 1781)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Name according to (Borowski, 1781)

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory New South Wales
Latitude -31.65
Supplied as: "-31.65"
Longitude 152.8
Supplied as: "152.8"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality Laurieton
Location remarks ecatalogue.LocCollectionEventLocal: "Australia, New South Wales, Laurieton (31° 39' S, 152° 48' E) 10/10/1985 - 10/10/1985, Accession";
Coordinate precision 0.001
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 31° 39' S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 152° 48' E

Additional properties

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dcterms:type PhysicalObject
dcterms modified 2015/7/9
dcterms type PhysicalObject

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Hunter Analysis Mask GER Hunter Analysis Mask
    NRM Regions 2010 Northern Rivers
    NRM Regions 2017 North Coast
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 North Coast
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions NSW North Coast
    IBRA 7 Regions NSW North Coast
    IBRA 7 Subregions Macleay Hastings
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 South East Coast (NSW)
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 HASTINGS RIVER
    Marine
    States including coastal waters New South Wales (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories New South Wales
    Australian States and Territories New South Wales
    Local Government Areas 2011 Port Macquarie-Hastings (A)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Port Macquarie-Hastings - Pt B
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 PORT MACQUARIE-HASTINGS COUNCIL
    NSW Local Land Services Regions North Coast
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 26
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 3175
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF NSW
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) LAURIETON - BONNY HILLS
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) PORT MACQUARIE
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) MID NORTH COAST
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) LYNE
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) PORT MACQUARIE - HASTINGS
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) HASTINGS
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) NSW CENTRAL AND NORTH COAST
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Inner Regional Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) PORT MACQUARIE
    PSMA States (2016) NEW SOUTH WALES
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Vegetation
    Australia's Indigenous forest estate (2013) v2.0 Non-Indigenous, Native forest
    Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0 Other native forest
    Forests of Australia 2018B Non forest
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Inland aquatic - freshwater, salt lakes, lagoons
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Freshwater, dams, lakes, lagoons or aquatic plants
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Private Freehold
    Vegetation types - native Eucalypt tall open forests
    Vegetation types - present cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 1390.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 225.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 9.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 167.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 39.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 451.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 46.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 511.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 16.6 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 30.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 20.6 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 17.6 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 20.6 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 6.2 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 12.7 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 10.2 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 13.8 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.49 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.26
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 26.8 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 22.0 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 20.3 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 18.441668 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 50.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.86
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0
    Elevation 0.0 m