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Occurrence record: Ornithology:BE17712

Preserved specimen of Sphaeniscus Becker, 1908 | Jackass Penguin
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Dataset

Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Museums Victoria provider for OZCAM
Institution code Museums Victoria
Supplied institution code "NMV"
Collection Museums Victoria Ornithology Collection
Supplied collection code "Ornithology"
Catalog number BE17712
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:NMV:Ornithology:PreservedSpecimen:BE17712
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations Egg|Dry
Collector James, H.W.  
Supplied as "H W. James"
Individual count 1
License CC0
Supplied as https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode
Rights holder Museums Victoria
Institution ID urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34978
Language en
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Owner institution code NMV

Event

Occurrence date Year: 1916, Month: 5, Day:
Supplied as year:1916  month:5 
Date precision MONTH

Taxonomy

Higher classification Animalia | Chordata | Vertebrata | Aves | Sphenisciformes | Spheniscidae
Scientific name Sphaeniscus
Supplied scientific name "Spheniscus demersus"
Identified to rank genus
Supplied as "Species"
Common name Jackass Penguin
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Arthropoda
Supplied as "Chordata"
Class Insecta
Supplied as "Aves"
Order Diptera
Supplied as "Sphenisciformes"
Family Tephritidae
Supplied as "Spheniscidae"
Genus Sphaeniscus
Supplied as "Spheniscus"
Species Spheniscus demersus
Name match metric higherMatch
Scientific name authorship Becker, 1908
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Nomenclatural code ICZN

Geospatial

Higher geography South Africa
Country South Africa
Locality Algoa Bay, Bird Island
Latitude -33.83
Supplied as: "-33.83"
Longitude 26.28
Supplied as: "26.28"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "WGS84"
Verbatim locality Algoa Bay, Bird Island
Coordinate precision Unknown
Georeference protocol Website
Terrestrial true
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code ZA

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