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Occurrence record: MAMM:M65250

Preserved specimen of Physeter macrocephalus Linnaeus, 1758 | Sperm Whale
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Dataset

Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Western Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
Institution code Western Australian Museum
Supplied institution code "WAM"
Collection Western Australian Museum Mammal Collection
Supplied collection code "MAMM"
Catalog number M65250
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:taxonomy.org.au:MAMM:M65250
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations Ambergris
Identified by Travouillon, K.J.  
Collector Brown, B.  
Supplied as "Brown, B."
Individual count 1
License CC-BY 4.0 (Int)
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Sampling protocol [Pick Up]
Data generalizations Record is Vulnerable in Western Australia. Generalised to 10 km by WA DEC.
State conservation Vulnerable
Date identified 2022-01-01

Event

Sampling protocol Pick Up  
Verbatim event date 2022-02-04
Date precision NOT_SUPPLIED

Taxonomy

Scientific name Physeter macrocephalus
Identified to rank species
Common name Sperm Whale
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Mammalia
Order Cetacea
Supplied as "Artiodactyla"
Family Physeteridae
Genus Physeter
Species Physeter macrocephalus
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship Linnaeus, 1758
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Western Australia
Latitude -34.4
Supplied as: "-34.4"
Longitude 119.5
Supplied as: "119.5"
Datum EPSG:4326
Coordinate precision Unknown
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 10000.0
Coordinates generalised Due to sensitivity concerns, the coordinates of this record have been generalised: "Record is Vulnerable in Western Australia. Generalised to 10 km by WA DEC.".
Municipality DOUBTFUL ISLAND BAY
Terrestrial true
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    NRM Regions 2010 South Coast
    NRM Regions 2017 South Coast Region
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 South Coast Region
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Esperance Plains
    IBRA 7 Regions Esperance Plains
    IBRA 7 Subregions Fitzgerald
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 South West Coast
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 ALBANY COAST
    Land Management
    Western Australian Biodiversity Science Research Priority Regions South-West
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Western Australia (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories Western Australia
    Australian States and Territories Western Australia
    Local Government Areas 2011 Jerramungup (S)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Jerramungup
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 SHIRE OF JERRAMUNGUP
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 17
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 622
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF WA
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) ESPERANCE REGION
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) ESPERANCE
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) WESTERN AUSTRALIA - OUTBACK (SOUTH)
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) O'CONNOR
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) ESPERANCE - RAVENSTHORPE
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) ESPERANCE - RAVENSTHORPE - SURROUNDS
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) KALGOORLIE
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Remote Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) AGRICULTURAL REGION
    PSMA States (2016) WESTERN AUSTRALIA
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Vegetation
    Australia's Indigenous forest estate (2013) v2.0 Non-Indigenous, Non forest
    Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0 Non Forest
    Forests of Australia 2018B Non forest
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Other Shrublands
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Other shrublands
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Nature Conservation Reserve
    Vegetation types - native Other shrublands
    Vegetation types - present Other shrublands

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 641.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 248.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 5.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 81.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 45.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 89.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 22.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 258.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 16.8 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 40.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 22.8 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 16.1 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 18.4 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 7.1 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 12.5 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 10.7 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 19.4 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.58 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 0.99
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 25.5 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 19.7 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 12.9 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 15.858334 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 56.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.52
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.96
    Elevation 27.0 m