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Occurrence record: Mammalogy:CS1484

Human observation of Orcinus orca (Linnaeus, 1758) | Killer Whale recorded on 1993-06-14
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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 CS1484
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:572783"]
Record type Human observation
Supplied basis "HumanObservation"
Individual count 2
License CC-BY
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Occurrence remarks 200m from shore. 500m from observer. How observed: from cliff top Social group: grouped Sighting Note: no white on tail, curved white markings definite. Barnacle on top of head(greyi Images at South Australian Museum: no

Event

Event ID urn:emu.sam.sa.gov.au:Event:208041
Occurrence date 1993-06-14
Date precision DAY
Event time 15:00:

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 South Australia
Latitude -33.65
Supplied as: "-33.65"
Longitude 134.88
Supplied as: "134.88"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality Elliston | Lock's Well
Coordinate precision 0.01
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 33 39 S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 134 53 E

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    NRM Regions 2010 Eyre Peninsula
    NRM Regions 2017 Eyre Peninsula
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Eyre Peninsula
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Spencer Gulf Shelf Province
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Eyre
    Marine
    States including coastal waters South Australia (including Coastal Waters)
    Vegetation
    Australia's Indigenous forest estate (2013) v2.0 Non-Indigenous, Non forest
    Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0 Non Forest
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Other Crown Land
    Vegetation types - native Melaleuca forests and woodlands
    Vegetation types - present cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 404.66666 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 189.66667 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 2.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 38.333332 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 61.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 43.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 17.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 191.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 18.4 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 39.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 26.4 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 16.533333 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 19.866667 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 7.0666666 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 12.333333 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 10.566667 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 20.4 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.53 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.1233333
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 26.966667 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 20.633333 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 12.366667 degrees C
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.32
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.75666666
    Elevation 3.0 m