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Occurrence record: Mammalogy:M6257

Preserved specimen of Kogia breviceps (Blainville, 1838) | Pygmy Sperm Whale recorded on 1959-06-29
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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 M6257
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:150070"]
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations PC
Collector , A. Rau  
Supplied as "Rau A., Lawson P.F. and Woods V."
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
Dataset / Survey name [South Australian Museum]
State conservation Rare
Supplied as R

Event

Dataset / Survey name South Australian Museum  
Event ID urn:emu.sam.sa.gov.au:Event:87261
Occurrence date 1959-06-29
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 -35.55
Supplied as: "-35.5500"
Longitude 138.6167
Supplied as: "138.6167"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality Victor Harbor | (near Franklin Parade)
Coordinate precision 0.0001
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 35 33 00 S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 138 37 00 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 601ff4ee-8095-471a-9e68-a4366798b2dc
    Data Resource South Australian Museum Adelaide provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Kogia breviceps (de Blainville, 1838)
    Coordinates -35.55,138.6167
    Related records
    Record UUID 8b184c46-23d0-469f-9d52-b77b631bc816
    Data Resource South Australian Museum Adelaide provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Kogia breviceps (de Blainville, 1838)
    Coordinates -35.55,138.6167

    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    NRM Regions 2010 Adelaide and Mount Lofty Ranges
    NRM Regions 2017 Adelaide and Mount Lofty Ranges
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Adelaide and Mount Lofty Ranges
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Kanmantoo
    IBRA 7 Regions Kanmantoo
    IBRA 7 Subregions Fleurieu
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 South Australian Gulf
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 FLEURIEU PENINSULA
    Marine
    States including coastal waters South Australia (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories South Australia
    Australian States and Territories South Australia
    Local Government Areas 2011 Victor Harbor (C)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Victor Harbor
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 CITY OF VICTOR HARBOR
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 28
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 717
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF SA
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) VICTOR HARBOR
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) FLEURIEU - KANGAROO ISLAND
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) SOUTH AUSTRALIA - SOUTH EAST
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) MAYO
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) FLEURIEU - KANGAROO ISLAND
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) FLEURIEU - KANGAROO ISLAND
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) ADELAIDE
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Inner Regional Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
    PSMA States (2016) SOUTH AUSTRALIA
    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 Groups Cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Private Freehold
    Vegetation types - native Eucalypt woodlands
    Vegetation types - present cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 557.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 238.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 4.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 59.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 51.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 60.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 20.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 238.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 16.9 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 43.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 25.4 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 15.4 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 17.9 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 7.0 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 11.5 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 9.1 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 19.2 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.51 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.06
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 24.9 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 19.3 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 11.6 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 15.716666 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 50.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.51
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.96
    Elevation 51.0 m