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Occurrence record: Mammalogy:CS1534

Human observation of Orcinus orca (Linnaeus, 1758) | Killer Whale recorded on 1993-07-11
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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 CS1534
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:572833"]
Record type Human observation
Supplied basis "HumanObservation"
Individual count 1
License CC-BY
Type Event
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Occurrence remarks How observed: from shore Sighting Note: Heard noises sounded like more than one whale. When investigated no whales c Images at South Australian Museum: yes

Event

Event ID urn:emu.sam.sa.gov.au:Event:208085
Occurrence date 1993-07-11
Date precision DAY
Event time 13:00:

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 -36.02
Supplied as: "-36.02"
Longitude 137.58
Supplied as: "137.58"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality Cape Linois | Past Cape Linois, Cape Gantheaume Conservation park
Coordinate precision 0.01
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 36 01 S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 137 35 E

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    CAPAD 2016 Marine Southern Kangaroo Island
    CAPAD 2020 Marine Southern Kangaroo Island
    NRM Regions 2010 Kangaroo Island
    NRM Regions 2017 Kangaroo Island
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Kangaroo Island
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Spencer Gulf Shelf Province
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Eyre
    Marine
    States including coastal waters South Australia (including Coastal Waters)
    Vegetation
    Vegetation types - native Eucalypt woodlands
    Vegetation types - present cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 562.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 250.33333 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 3.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 51.333332 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 59.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 51.333332 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 22.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 255.33333 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 16.733334 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 44.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 24.766666 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 15.166667 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 15.5 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 8.266666 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 11.8 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 7.4 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 18.733334 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.48 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 0.95
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 23.733334 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 18.733334 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 11.9 degrees C
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.52
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.98
    Elevation 53.0 m