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Occurrence record: Mammalogy:M5345

Preserved specimen of Orcinus orca (Linnaeus, 1758) | Killer Whale
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Dataset

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 M5345
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:149226"]
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations (IC)
License CC-BY
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present

Event

Event ID urn:emu.sam.sa.gov.au:Event:81790
Date precision NOT_SUPPLIED

Taxonomy

Scientific name Orcinus orca
Supplied scientific name "Orcinus orca (Linnaeus, 1758)"
Identified to rank species
Common name Killer Whale
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Mammalia
Order Cetacea
Family Delphinidae
Genus Orcinus
Species Orcinus orca
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship (Linnaeus, 1758)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Victoria
Latitude -38.35
Supplied as: "-38.3500"
Longitude 141.6
Supplied as: "141.6000"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality Portland
Coordinate precision 0.0001
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 38 21 00 S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 141 36 00 E

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    NRM Regions 2010 Glenelg Hopkins
    NRM Regions 2017 Glenelg Hopkins
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Glenelg Hopkins
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Victorian Volcanic Plain
    IBRA 7 Regions Southern Volcanic Plain
    IBRA 7 Subregions Victorian Volcanic Plain
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 South East Coast (Victoria)
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 PORTLAND COAST
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Victoria (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories Victoria
    Australian States and Territories Victoria
    Local Government Areas 2011 Glenelg (S)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Glenelg - Portland
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 GLENELG SHIRE
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 26
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 721
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF VIC.
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) PORTLAND
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) GLENELG - SOUTHERN GRAMPIANS
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) WARRNAMBOOL AND SOUTH WEST
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) WANNON
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) SOUTHERN GRAMPIANS - GLENELG
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) PORTLAND
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) VICTORIA EXC. MELBOURNE
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Outer Regional Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) WESTERN VICTORIA
    PSMA States (2016) VICTORIA
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Vegetation
    Australia's Indigenous forest estate (2013) v2.0 Other special rights, Non forest
    Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0 Non Forest
    Forests of Australia 2018B Non forest
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Other Crown Land
    Vegetation types - native Eucalypt open forests
    Vegetation types - present cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 759.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 301.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 5.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 95.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 43.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 95.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 26.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 301.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 15.1 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 47.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 22.4 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 14.1 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 15.9 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 6.8 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 10.8 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 8.1 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 17.4 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.51 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 0.9
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 22.7 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 17.4 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 10.8 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 14.166667 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 51.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.67
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0
    Elevation 14.0 m