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Occurrence record: Mammalogy:A236

Human observation 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 A236
Occurrence ID urn:catalog:TMAG:Mammalogy:A236
Record type Human observation
Supplied basis "HumanObservation"
Collector Smith, W.  
Supplied as "W Smith"
License CC-BY 4.0 (Int)
Presence/Absence PRESENT

Event

Occurrence date
Supplied as year:Pre 1937 
Date precision NOT_SUPPLIED

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 Port Davey
Latitude -43.3386335
Supplied as: "-43.34"
Longitude 145.9110694
Supplied as: "145.91"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "AGD66"
Coordinate precision Unknown
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 10000.0
Terrestrial true
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU

Additional properties

dcterms:modified 2012-11-06
dcterms modified 2012-11-06

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    Area Management
    CAPAD 2016 Marine Southwest
    CAPAD 2016 Terrestrial Southwest
    CAPAD 2020 Terrestrial Southwest
    NRM Regions 2010 South
    NRM Regions 2017 South NRM Region
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 South NRM Region
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Tasmanian Shelf Province
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Davey
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Tasmania (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 HUON VALLEY COUNCIL
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) FRANKLIN
    PSMA States (2016) TASMANIA