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Occurrence record: Mammalogy:A2164

Preserved specimen of Physeter macrocephalus Linnaeus, 1758 | Sperm Whale
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Dataset

Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery provider for OZCAM
Institution code Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery
Supplied institution code "TMAG"
Collection Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery Vertebrate Collection
Supplied collection code "Mammalogy"
Catalog number A2164
Occurrence ID urn:catalog:TMAG:Mammalogy:A2164
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Collector (Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery / Tasmanian Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment)  
Supplied as "(Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery / Tasmanian Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment)"
Sex Female
Associated Occurrence Status Associated record
Associated occurrences The occurrence is associated with a representative record.
For more information see Inferred associated occurrence details
License CC-BY 4.0 (Int)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Associated records ASSOCIATED

Event

Occurrence date Year: 2004, Month: , Day:
Supplied as year:2004 
Date precision YEAR

Taxonomy

Scientific name Physeter macrocephalus
Identified to rank species
Common name Sperm Whale
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Mammalia
Order Cetacea
Family Physeteridae
Genus Physeter
Species Physeter macrocephalus
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship Linnaeus, 1758
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Tasmania
Locality Trial Harbour, Ocean Beach
Latitude -42.0351
Supplied as: "-42.0351"
Longitude 145.2381
Supplied as: "145.2381"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "GDA94"
Coordinate precision 50
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 50.0
Terrestrial true
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU

Additional properties

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dcterms modified 2012-11-06

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    Inferred associated occurrence details

    This record is associated with the representative record. This mean another record has been detected to be similar to this record, and that the other record (the representative record) has the most detailed information for the occurrence. More information about the duplication detection methods and terminology in use is available here:

    Representative Record
    Record UUID 031dd40b-c9a0-4dcf-ae07-c96cc23a6f81
    Data Resource Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Physeter macrocephalus
    Coordinates -42.0351,145.2381
    Related records
    Record UUID c6bac870-32be-47e2-b3f5-52611aaac7cc
    Data Resource Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Physeter macrocephalus
    Coordinates -42.0351,145.2381
    Record UUID 0c5cf822-e2ba-4a29-974b-f6ca251a5e07
    Data Resource Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Physeter macrocephalus
    Coordinates -42.0351,145.2381
    Record UUID 5114601a-ebc2-4ccb-9c15-567b0529aad9
    Data Resource Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Physeter macrocephalus
    Coordinates -42.0351,145.2381
    Record UUID f912d47e-7deb-4ff3-b8d9-e16eb954cfa6
    Data Resource Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Physeter macrocephalus
    Coordinates -42.0351,145.2381
    Record UUID 7213bb3c-aab0-4a49-a7dc-59dfd5e1ee30
    Data Resource Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Physeter macrocephalus
    Coordinates -42.0351,145.2381
    Record UUID f2a67b26-ca52-4a18-874d-dfbb5bcc2dbc
    Data Resource Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Physeter macrocephalus
    Coordinates -42.0351,145.2381
    Record UUID 941064ec-698f-4dd8-8311-1e62e7829822
    Data Resource Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Physeter macrocephalus
    Coordinates -42.0351,145.2381
    Record UUID ae02096f-7d47-4e0a-9f30-6474d17d11b6
    Data Resource Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Physeter macrocephalus
    Coordinates -42.0351,145.2381
    Record UUID 7c6b556c-187e-46a0-a94d-dea8cce52b75
    Data Resource Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Physeter macrocephalus
    Coordinates -42.0351,145.2381
    Record UUID 7d865c99-94e4-4583-a82c-795c61573887
    Data Resource Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Physeter macrocephalus
    Coordinates -42.0351,145.2381

    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    NRM Regions 2010 Rangelands
    NRM Regions 2017 Rangelands Region
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Rangelands Region
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Tasmanian Shelf Province
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Franklin
    States including coastal waters Western Australia (including Coastal Waters)

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 261.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 50.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 0.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 1.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 100.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 145.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 20.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 154.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 23.3 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 23.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 27.3 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 26.8 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 24.1 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 13.3 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 20.9 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 12.5 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 26.6 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.52 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.43
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 37.4 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 31.5 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 31.2 degrees C
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.08
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.16