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Occurrence record: Mammalogy:M.42825.001

Preserved specimen of Mirounga leonina (Linnaeus, 1758) | Southern Elephant Seal recorded on 1976-11
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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.42825.001
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:2187616","urn:catalog:AM:Mammalogy:M.42825.001"]
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:AM:Mammalogy:M.42825.001
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations ecatalogue.PrePrepDescription: "Whole skull"; ecatalogue.PreStorageMedium: "Dry";
Sex Female
License CC-BY 3.0 (Au)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Sampling protocol [Found dead]
Country conservation Vulnerable
State conservation Endangered
Supplied as e

Event

Event ID urn:australianmuseum.net.au:Events:1140405
Occurrence date [date not supplied] Year: 1976, Month: 11, Day:
Supplied date "1976-11"
Sampling protocol Found dead  
Date precision MONTH

Taxonomy

Scientific name Mirounga leonina
Supplied scientific name "Mirounga leonina (Linnaeus, 1758)"
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
Accepted name Mirounga leonina (Linnaeus, 1758)
Scientific name authorship (Linnaeus, 1758)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Name according to (Linnaeus, 1758)

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Tasmania
Latitude -54.616
Supplied as: "-54.616"
Longitude 158.9
Supplied as: "158.9"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality Macquarie Island
Water body Southern Ocean
Location remarks ecatalogue.LocCollectionEventLocal: "Southern Ocean, Australia, Tasmania, Macquarie Island (54° 37' S, 158° 54' E) /11/1976 - /11/1976, King, Judith E(Collector and presenter), Found dead, Accession";
Coordinate precision 0.001
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 54° 37' S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 158° 54' E

Additional properties

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dcterms:type PhysicalObject
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dcterms type PhysicalObject

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    CAPAD 2016 Marine Macquarie Island
    CAPAD 2020 Marine Macquarie Island
    NRM Regions 2010 South - Macquarie Islands
    NRM Regions 2017 South NRM Region - Macquarie Islands
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 7 Regions Subantarctic Islands
    IBRA 7 Subregions Macquarie Island
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Tasmania (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    Australian States and Territories Unknown1
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Unknown-1
    World Country Boundaries Australia

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 4.4958334 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 46.0 %