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Occurrence record: Mammalogy:CS2748

Human observation of Balaenoptera musculus (Linnaeus, 1758) | Blue Whale recorded on 2004-11-16
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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 CS2748
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:574047"]
Record type Human observation
Supplied basis "HumanObservation"
Individual count 3
License CC-BY
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Country conservation Endangered
Occurrence remarks 900m from observer. How observed: from PIRSA survey ship Images at South Australian Museum: no
State conservation Victoria: Endangered
Supplied as Endangered

Event

Event ID urn:emu.sam.sa.gov.au:Event:209072
Occurrence date 2004-11-16
Date precision DAY
Event time 15:24:

Taxonomy

Scientific name Balaenoptera musculus
Supplied scientific name "Balaenoptera musculus (Linnaeus, 1758)"
Identified to rank species
Common name Blue Whale
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Mammalia
Order Cetacea
Family Balaenopteridae
Genus Balaenoptera
Species Balaenoptera musculus
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship (Linnaeus, 1758)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Victoria
Latitude -38.5631
Supplied as: "-38.5631"
Longitude 141.3006
Supplied as: "141.3006"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality Cape Nelson (lighthouse) | 25.7 km SW
Coordinate precision 0.0001
Terrestrial false
Verbatim latitude 38 33 47 S
Biome MARINE
Marine true
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 141 18 02 E

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    Area Management
    Australian Coral Ecoregions South-east Australia
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Marine NRM
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Otway