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Occurrence record: Mammalogy:CS4057

Human observation of Tasmacetus shepherdi Oliver, 1937 | Tasman Beaked Whale recorded on 2012-02-26
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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 CS4057
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:575356"]
Record type Human observation
Supplied basis "HumanObservation"
Individual count 6
Associated Occurrence Status Representative record
Associated occurrences This record has 1 inferred associated occurrences
For more information see Inferred associated occurrence details
License CC-BY
Type Event
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Associated records REPRESENTATIVE
Occurrence remarks How observed: from air during blue whale aerial survey Sighting Note: sighted during blue whale aerial survey Images at South Australian Museum: no
State conservation Rare
Supplied as R

Event

Event ID urn:emu.sam.sa.gov.au:Event:210068
Occurrence date 2012-02-26
Date precision DAY
Event time 14:31:

Taxonomy

Scientific name Tasmacetus shepherdi
Supplied scientific name "Tasmacetus shepherdi Oliver, 1937"
Identified to rank species
Common name Tasman Beaked Whale
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Mammalia
Order Cetacea
Family Ziphiidae
Genus Tasmacetus
Species Tasmacetus shepherdi
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship Oliver, 1937
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory South Australia
Latitude -35.8183
Supplied as: "-35.8183"
Longitude 135.4517
Supplied as: "135.4517"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality Cape du Couedic (lighthouse) | 116 km WNW
Coordinate precision 0.0001
Terrestrial false
Verbatim latitude 35 49 06 S
Biome MARINE
Marine true
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 135 27 06 E

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    Inferred associated occurrence details

    This record has been identified as the representative occurrence in a group of associated occurrences. This mean other records have been detected that seem to relate to this record and this particular record has the most detailed information on the occurrence. More information about the duplication detection methods and terminology in use is available here:

    Representative Record
    Record UUID 7d51a9c3-f3a9-4062-8e5d-96684ccc8ab7
    Data Resource South Australian Museum Adelaide provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Tasmacetus shepherdi Oliver, 1937
    Coordinates -35.8183,135.4517
    Related records
    Record UUID c68563f8-3e8d-4a34-a3a3-016c94d8d39d
    Data Resource
    Raw Scientific Name Tasmacetus shepherdi
    Coordinates -35.8183,135.4517

    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