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Occurrence record: Mammalogy:CS728

Human observation of Orcinus orca (Linnaeus, 1758) | Killer Whale recorded on 1989-05-
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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 CS728
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:572027"]
Record type Human observation
Supplied basis "HumanObservation"
Individual count 2
License CC-BY
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Occurrence remarks 2km from shore. Sighting Note: T. Whibley spoke to the locals on the 26/5/89 and they said the sighting had b Images at South Australian Museum: no

Event

Event ID urn:emu.sam.sa.gov.au:Event:207490
Occurrence date [date not supplied]
Supplied date "1989-05-"
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 South Australia
Latitude -32.05
Supplied as: "-32.05"
Longitude 132.47
Supplied as: "132.47"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality Point Fowler | 2 km S
Coordinate precision 0.01
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 32 03 S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 132 28 E

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    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Murat
    States including coastal waters South Australia (including Coastal Waters)