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Occurrence record: Mammalogy:M10097.002

Preserved specimen of Kogia breviceps (Blainville, 1838) | Pygmy Sperm Whale recorded on 1973-07-23
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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 M10097.002
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:148940"]
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations [W]
Collector 1.  , A. Kowanko   2.  , P. Tomlin  
Supplied as "Kowanko A.,Tomlin P."
Associated Occurrence Status Associated record
Associated occurrences The occurrence is associated with a representative record.
For more information see Inferred associated occurrence details
License CC-BY
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Associated records ASSOCIATED
State conservation Rare
Supplied as R

Event

Event ID urn:emu.sam.sa.gov.au:Event:86514
Occurrence date 1973-07-23
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Scientific name Kogia breviceps
Supplied scientific name "Kogia breviceps (de Blainville, 1838)"
Identified to rank species
Common name Pygmy Sperm Whale
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Mammalia
Order Cetacea
Family Kogiidae
Genus Kogia
Species Kogia breviceps
Name match metric canonicalMatch
Scientific name authorship (Blainville, 1838)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory South Australia
Latitude -36.0833
Supplied as: "-36.0833"
Longitude 139.55
Supplied as: "139.5500"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality Policemans Point | opposite, on ocean side of peninsula
Coordinate precision 0.0001
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 36 05 00 S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 139 33 00 E

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    Inferred associated occurrence details

    This record is associated with the representative record. This mean another record has been detected to be similar to this record, and that the other record (the representative record) has the most detailed information for the occurrence. More information about the duplication detection methods and terminology in use is available here:

    Representative Record
    Record UUID 4642f94f-9efe-405f-8973-479f4854f717
    Data Resource South Australian Museum Adelaide provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Kogia breviceps (de Blainville, 1838)
    Coordinates -36.0833,139.55
    Related records
    Record UUID 4d01fdd4-75a0-4151-aebf-b8e4ea70997e
    Data Resource South Australian Museum Adelaide provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Kogia breviceps (de Blainville, 1838)
    Coordinates -36.0833,139.55

    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Australian Coral Ecoregions South-east Australia
    NRM Regions 2010 South East
    NRM Regions 2017 South East
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 South East
    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) 500.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 217.83333 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 3.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 52.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 52.166668 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 53.666668 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 19.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 218.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 16.9 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 43.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 25.4 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 15.3 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 20.516666 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 6.4 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 11.2 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 10.816667 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 19.4 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.53 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.1366667
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 26.933332 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 19.516666 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 11.2 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 15.225 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 53.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.48
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.95
    Elevation 5.0 m