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Occurrence record: Mammalogy:CS2062

Human observation of Orcinus orca (Linnaeus, 1758) | Killer Whale recorded on 1995-07-13
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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 CS2062
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:573361"]
Record type Human observation
Supplied basis "HumanObservation"
Individual count 4
License CC-BY
Type Event
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Occurrence remarks <20m from shore. 100m from observer. How observed: from the beach Social group: grouped Sighting Note: impression of a very large animal, close to rocky shore Images at South Australian Museum: no

Event

Event ID urn:emu.sam.sa.gov.au:Event:207848
Occurrence date 1995-07-13
Date precision DAY
Event time 13:30:

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 -35.6333
Supplied as: "-35.6333"
Longitude 138.1125
Supplied as: "138.1125"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality Cape Jervis | 3.5 km SSE (= Fishery Beach)
Coordinate precision 0.0001
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 35 38 00 S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 138 06 45 E

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    CAPAD 2016 Marine Encounter
    CAPAD 2020 Marine Encounter
    NRM Regions 2010 Adelaide and Mount Lofty Ranges
    NRM Regions 2017 Adelaide and Mount Lofty Ranges
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Adelaide and Mount Lofty Ranges
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Spencer Gulf Shelf Province
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Coorong
    States including coastal waters South Australia (including Coastal Waters)

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 564.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 245.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 4.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 55.333332 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 56.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 55.5 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 21.666666 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 252.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 16.916666 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 43.166668
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 24.849998 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 15.45 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 15.866667 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 8.266666 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 11.7 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 7.366667 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 19.216667 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.46333334 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.0266666
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 24.1 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 19.233334 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 11.783333 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 15.641666 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 47.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.5133333
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.97333336
    Elevation 46.0 m