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Occurrence record: Mammalogy:SR268

Human observation of Balaenoptera musculus brevicauda Ichihara, 1966 | Pygmy Blue Whale
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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 SR268
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:148999"]
Record type Human observation
Supplied basis "HumanObservation"
Preparations O
License CC-BY
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Data generalizations Record is in Western Australia. Generalised to 10 km by WA DEC.
State conservation Western Australia: Endangered

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Date precision NOT_SUPPLIED

Taxonomy

Scientific name Balaenoptera musculus brevicauda
Supplied scientific name "Balaenoptera musculus brevicauda Ichihara, 1966"
Identified to rank subspecies
Common name Pygmy Blue Whale
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Mammalia
Order Cetacea
Family Balaenopteridae
Genus Balaenoptera
Species Balaenoptera musculus
Name match metric exactMatch
Infraspecific epithet brevicauda
Scientific name authorship Ichihara, 1966
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Western Australia
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 10000.0
Coordinates generalised Due to sensitivity concerns, the coordinates of this record have been generalised: "Record is in Western Australia. Generalised to 10 km by WA DEC.".
Terrestrial false
Continent OCEANIA
Marine false
Country Code AU

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