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Occurrence record: Mammalogy:M.8952

Preserved specimen of Kogia breviceps (Blainville, 1838) | Pygmy Sperm Whale recorded on 1969-02-07
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Dataset

Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
Institution code Australian Museum
Supplied institution code "AM"
Collection Australian Museum Mammalogy Collection
Supplied collection code "Mammalogy"
Catalog number M.8952
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:4037426","urn:catalog:AM:Mammalogy:M.8952"]
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:AM:Mammalogy:M.8952
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Collector 1.  Strahan, R   2.  Taronga, Zoo  
Supplied as "STRAHAN, R - TARONGA ZOO"
Sex Female
License CC-BY 3.0 (Au)
Presence/Absence PRESENT

Event

Event ID urn:australianmuseum.net.au:Events:4017408
Occurrence date 1969-02-07
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
Supplied as "Physeteridae"
Genus Kogia
Species Kogia breviceps
Name match metric canonicalMatch
Accepted name Kogia breviceps (de Blainville, 1838)
Scientific name authorship (Blainville, 1838)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Name according to (de Blainville, 1838)

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory New South Wales
Latitude -33.633
Supplied as: "-33.633"
Longitude 151.333
Supplied as: "151.333"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality Avalon, Sydney
Location remarks ecatalogue.LocCollectionEventLocal: "Australia, New South Wales, Avalon, Sydney (33° 38' S, 151° 20' E) 07/02/1969 - 07/02/1969, Accession";
Coordinate precision 0.001
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 33° 38' S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 151° 20' E

Additional properties

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Hunter Analysis Mask GER Hunter Analysis Mask
    NRM Regions 2010 Alinytjara Wilurara
    NRM Regions 2017 Alinytjara Wilurara
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Alinytjara Wilurara
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Great Victoria Desert
    IBRA 7 Regions Great Victoria Desert
    IBRA 7 Subregions Maralinga
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 South Western Plateau
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 GAIRDNER
    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 Maralinga Tjarutja (AC)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Maralinga Tjarutja
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 MARALINGA TJARUTJA
    NSW Local Land Services Regions Greater Sydney
    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) WESTERN
    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) MARALINGA TJARUTJA
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) PORT LINCOLN - CEDUNA
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Very Remote Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) GILES
    PSMA States (2016) SOUTH AUSTRALIA
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Sensitive Data Layers
    Phylloxera Infection Zone - Sydney, New South Wales Sydney Phylloxera Zone
    Vegetation
    Forests of Australia 2018B Non forest
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Mulga (Acacia aneura) open woodlands and sparse shrublands +/- tussock grass

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 200.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 41.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 2.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 41.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 25.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 57.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 7.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 62.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 20.5 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 31.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 27.2 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 19.0 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 29.1 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 5.2 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 12.6 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 14.8 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 12.6 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.51 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.67
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 34.3 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 25.0 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 21.8 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 18.729166 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 54.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.09
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.14
    Elevation 257.0 m