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Occurrence record: Mammalogy:M.36409

Preserved specimen of Mesoplodon grayi Von Haast, 1876 | Gray's Beaked Whale recorded on 2002-03-18
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Dataset

Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
Institution code Australian Museum
Supplied institution code "AM"
Collection Australian Museum Mammalogy Collection
Supplied collection code "Mammalogy"
Catalog number M.36409
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:4030502","urn:catalog:AM:Mammalogy:M.36409"]
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:AM:Mammalogy:M.36409
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Identified by Ingleby, Dr Sandy - Australian Museum - Mammalogy  
Collector 1.  Dickman, Craig   2.  Npws  
Supplied as "Craig Dickman - NPWS"
License CC-BY 3.0 (Au)
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Sampling protocol [Stranding]
Date identified 2002-04
Supplied as 2002-4
Identification remarks ecatalogue.IdeComments: "id confirmed by DNA";

Event

Event ID urn:australianmuseum.net.au:Events:4016457
Identification remarks ecatalogue.IdeComments: "id confirmed by DNA";
Occurrence date 2002-03-18
Sampling protocol Stranding  
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Scientific name Mesoplodon grayi
Supplied scientific name "Mesoplodon grayi von Haast, 1876"
Identified to rank species
Common name Gray's Beaked Whale
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Mammalia
Order Cetacea
Family Ziphiidae
Genus Mesoplodon
Species Mesoplodon grayi
Name match metric exactMatch
Accepted name Mesoplodon grayi von Haast, 1876
Scientific name authorship Von Haast, 1876
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Name according to von Haast, 1876

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory New South Wales
Latitude -37.10555
Supplied as: "-37.10555"
Longitude 149.9
Supplied as: "149.9"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality Whale Spit Beach, south of Eden
Location remarks ecatalogue.LocCollectionEventLocal: "Australia, New South Wales, Whale Spit Beach, south of Eden (37° 06' 20" S, 149° 54' 00" E) 18/03/2002 - 18/03/2002, Stranding, Field Collected - Terrestrial";
Coordinate precision 1e-05
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 5.0
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 37° 6' 20" S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 149° 54' 0" E

Additional properties

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dcterms modified 2020/12/17
dcterms type PhysicalObject

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Atlas of Life in the Coastal Wilderness Atlas of Life in the Coastal Wilderness
    Australian Coral Ecoregions South-east Australia
    NRM Regions 2010 Southern Rivers
    NRM Regions 2017 South East NSW
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 South East NSW
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions South East Corner
    IBRA 7 Regions South East Corner
    IBRA 7 Subregions South East Coastal Ranges
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 South East Coast (NSW)
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 TOWAMBA RIVER
    Marine
    States including coastal waters New South Wales (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories New South Wales
    Australian States and Territories New South Wales
    Local Government Areas 2011 Bega Valley (A)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Bega Valley
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 BEGA VALLEY SHIRE COUNCIL
    NSW Local Land Services Regions South East
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 13
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 1044
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF NSW
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) EDEN
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) SOUTH COAST
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) CAPITAL REGION
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) EDEN-MONARO
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) BEGA VALLEY
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) BEGA - SURROUNDS
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) SOUTH-EASTERN NSW
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Outer Regional Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
    PSMA States (2016) NEW SOUTH WALES
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Vegetation
    Australia's Indigenous forest estate (2013) v2.0 Non-Indigenous, Non forest
    Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0 Non Forest
    Forests of Australia 2018B Non forest
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Private Freehold
    Vegetation types - native Chenopod shrubs,samphire shrublands and forblands
    Vegetation types - present Chenopod shrublands, samphire shrubs and forblands

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 820.1667 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 157.83333 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 8.166667 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 157.83333 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 18.833334 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 209.83333 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 21.333334 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 232.33333 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 15.783334 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 39.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 21.983334 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 15.233334 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 19.616667 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 4.866667 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 11.05 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 9.683333 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 11.05 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.49333334 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.1266667
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 24.483334 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 19.35 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 16.066668 degrees C
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.62833333
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.86833334