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Occurrence record: Mammalogy:M21496

Preserved specimen of Kogia breviceps (Blainville, 1838) | Pygmy Sperm Whale recorded on 2001-10-15
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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 M21496
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:151795"]
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations PC(WO)
Collector , B. Dalzell  
Supplied as "Dalzell B. (NPWSA)"
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
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Associated records ASSOCIATED
State conservation Rare
Supplied as R

Event

Event ID urn:emu.sam.sa.gov.au:Event:88218
Occurrence date 2001-10-15
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
Genus Kogia
Species Kogia breviceps
Name match metric canonicalMatch
Scientific name authorship (Blainville, 1838)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory South Australia
Latitude -31.67
Supplied as: "-31.67"
Longitude 131.65
Supplied as: "131.65"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality Yalata Community | 27.5 km SW (=24 km W Dog Fence)
Coordinate precision 0.01
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 31 40 S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 131 39 E

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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 0d410365-ee5f-4834-87e5-5d65f8b6194e
    Data Resource South Australian Museum Adelaide provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Kogia breviceps (de Blainville, 1838)
    Coordinates -31.67,131.65
    Related records
    Record UUID c1c3176d-82e2-4a43-82ef-8efd6270fae3
    Data Resource South Australian Museum Adelaide provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Kogia breviceps (de Blainville, 1838)
    Coordinates -31.67,131.65
    Record UUID 8262a48c-e9dc-4e1d-b39a-95247a14b0d1
    Data Resource South Australian Museum Adelaide provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Kogia breviceps (de Blainville, 1838)
    Coordinates -31.67,131.65
    Record UUID 77b0c0b4-d201-4adc-b06f-001e587c9fc7
    Data Resource South Australian Museum Adelaide provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Kogia breviceps (de Blainville, 1838)
    Coordinates -31.67,131.65

    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    CAPAD 2016 Marine Far West Coast
    CAPAD 2020 Marine Far West Coast
    NRM Regions 2010 Alinytjara Wilurara
    NRM Regions 2017 Alinytjara Wilurara
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Alinytjara Wilurara
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Eucla
    States including coastal waters South Australia (including Coastal Waters)

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 269.25 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 102.75 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 2.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 37.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 40.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 39.5 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 9.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 103.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 19.6 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 34.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 27.0 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 17.45 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 21.575 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 5.875 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 12.85 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 11.55 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 21.45 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.54 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.1925001
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 27.475 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 21.650002 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 12.85 degrees C
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.1575
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.3475
    Elevation 9.0 m