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Occurrence record: Mammalogy:M23989

Preserved specimen of Kogia breviceps (Blainville, 1838) | Pygmy Sperm Whale recorded on 2007-08-23
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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 M23989
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:183356"]
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations PC(WO)
Collector 1.  , P. Wilkins   2.  , J. Swales  
Supplied as "Wilkins P., Swales J. (NPWSA)"
License CC-BY
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
State conservation South Australia: Rare
Supplied as R

Event

Event ID urn:emu.sam.sa.gov.au:Event:5896
Occurrence date 2007-08-23
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 -34.8717
Supplied as: "-34.8717"
Longitude 135.8267
Supplied as: "135.8267"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality Port Lincoln (PO) | 17 km SSW (= Wanna Beach)
Coordinate precision 0.0001
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 34 52 18 S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 135 49 36 E

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    CAPAD 2016 Terrestrial Lincoln
    CAPAD 2020 Terrestrial Lincoln
    NRM Regions 2010 Eyre Peninsula
    NRM Regions 2017 Eyre Peninsula
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Eyre Peninsula
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Eyre Yorke Block
    IBRA 7 Regions Eyre Yorke Block
    IBRA 7 Subregions Eyre Hills
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 South Australian Gulf
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 EYRE PENINSULA
    Marine
    States including coastal waters South Australia (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories South Australia
    Australian States and Territories South Australia
    Local Government Areas 2011 Lower Eyre Peninsula (DC)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Lower Eyre Peninsula
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 THE DC OF LOWER EYRE PENINSULA
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 194
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 697
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF SA
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) EYRE PENINSULA
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) EYRE PENINSULA AND SOUTH WEST
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) SOUTH AUSTRALIA - OUTBACK
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) GREY
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) CEDUNA - WEST COAST
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) EYRE PENINSULA
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) PORT LINCOLN - CEDUNA
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Remote Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
    PSMA States (2016) SOUTH AUSTRALIA
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Vegetation
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Other Shrublands
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Melaleuca shrublands and open shrublands
    Vegetation types - native Other shrublands
    Vegetation types - present Other shrublands

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 504.33334 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 234.83333 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 2.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 45.166668 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 63.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 45.333332 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 21.166666 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 240.66667 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 17.5 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 42.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 25.3 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 16.050001 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 16.783333 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 8.35 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 12.45 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 8.4 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 19.75 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.5 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 0.99333334
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 25.183334 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 19.75 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 12.583334 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 15.679167 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 50.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.45499998
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.935
    Elevation 91.0 m