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Occurrence record: Mammalogy:CS2200

Human observation of Hyperoodon planifrons Flower, 1882 | Southern Bottle-nosed Whale recorded on 1996-02-26
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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 CS2200
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:573499"]
Record type Human observation
Supplied basis "HumanObservation"
Individual count 12
License CC-BY
Type Event
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Occurrence remarks 1500-1800 ft from observer. How observed: plane at 1500 ft Social group: grouped Sighting Note: ID as southern Bottlenose whale from J. Lings/museum book. Could also be Berardius, Duplicate accession number (96.077) Images at South Australian Museum: no
State conservation Rare
Supplied as R

Event

Event ID urn:emu.sam.sa.gov.au:Event:208622
Occurrence date 1996-02-26
Date precision DAY
Event time 16:30:

Taxonomy

Scientific name Hyperoodon planifrons
Supplied scientific name "Hyperoodon planifrons Flower, 1882"
Identified to rank species
Common name Southern Bottle-nosed Whale
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Mammalia
Order Cetacea
Family Ziphiidae
Genus Hyperoodon
Species Hyperoodon planifrons
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship Flower, 1882
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory South Australia
Latitude -35.37
Supplied as: "-35.37"
Longitude 134.55
Supplied as: "134.55"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality Port Lincoln | 150 km SW
Coordinate precision 0.01
Terrestrial false
Verbatim latitude 35 22 S
Biome MARINE
Marine true
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 134 33 E

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Marine NRM
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Southern Province
    Exclusive Economic Zone Exclusive Economic Zone