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Occurrence record: Mammals:JM17225

Preserved specimen of Physeter macrocephalus Linnaeus, 1758 | Sperm Whale recorded on 2005-11-12
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Dataset

Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Queensland Museum provider for OZCAM
Institution code Queensland Museum
Supplied institution code "QM"
Collection Queensland Museum Mammals
Supplied collection code "Mammals"
Catalog number JM17225
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:QM:Mammals:JM17225
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "Preserved specimen"
Preparations Skeleton
License CC-BY
Presence/Absence PRESENT

Event

Occurrence date 2005-11-12
Verbatim event date 12 Nov 2005
End day of year 316
Date precision DAY
Start day of year 316

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 Queensland
Locality Fraser Island, western side, 1.6 km S of Woralie Creek
Latitude -25.136444
Supplied as: "-25.136444"
Longitude 153.097972
Supplied as: "153.097972"
Datum EPSG:4326
Coordinate precision 0.00001
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 50.0
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 25° 8' 11.2" South
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 153° 5' 52.7" East

Additional properties

object id 450081

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Australian Coral Ecoregions Keppel Islands & Capricorn Bunker Reefs, Souther GBR
    CAPAD 2016 Marine Fraser Island
    CAPAD 2018 Marine Fraser Island
    CAPAD 2020 Marine Fraser Island
    Directory of Important Wetlands Fraser Island
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Regions) South Eastern Queensland
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Subregions), contextual (polygon) Great Sandy
    NRM Regions 2010 Burnett Mary
    NRM Regions 2017 Burnett Mary
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Burnett Mary
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions South Eastern Queensland
    IBRA 7 Regions South Eastern Queensland
    IBRA 7 Subregions Great Sandy
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 North East Coast
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 FRASER ISLAND
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Queensland (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories Queensland
    Local Government Areas 2011 Fraser Coast (R)
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 BUNDABERG REGIONAL
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 47
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 4228
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF QLD
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) BURRUM - FRASER
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) MARYBOROUGH
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) WIDE BAY
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) WIDE BAY
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) FRASER COAST
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) FRASER COAST
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) ROCKHAMPTON
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Remote Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) HERVEY BAY
    PSMA States (2016) QUEENSLAND
    Social
    Local Government Areas 2023 Fraser Coast
    Vegetation
    Australia's Indigenous forest estate (2013) v2.0 Indigenous co-managed, Native forest
    Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0 Other native forest
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Casuarina Forests and Woodlands
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Casuarina and Allocasuarina forests and woodlands
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Nature Conservation Reserve
    Vegetation types - native Eucalypt open forests
    Vegetation types - present Eucalyptus open forest

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 83.0 frequency
    Species Richness 53.0 frequency
    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 1151.5 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 202.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 7.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 153.5 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 39.833332 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 398.16666 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 45.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 424.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 18.2 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 25.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 22.183334 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 21.916666 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 17.75 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 11.95 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 17.366667 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 8.066667 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 18.866667 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.45666668 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.115
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 29.716667 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 25.766666 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 24.95 degrees C
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.7583333
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.9816667