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Occurrence record: Mammalogy:CS3459

Human observation of Orcinus orca (Linnaeus, 1758) | Killer Whale recorded on 2009-12-30
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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 CS3459
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:574758"]
Record type Human observation
Supplied basis "HumanObservation"
Individual count 8
License CC-BY
Type Event
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Occurrence remarks 500 m from shore. 1 - 1.5 km from observer. How observed: with binoculars Social group: grouped Sighting Note: remained in the area till vessel approached which may have taken photos Images at South Australian Museum: no

Event

Event ID urn:emu.sam.sa.gov.au:Event:209592
Occurrence date 2009-12-30
Date precision DAY
Event time 09:00:

Taxonomy

Scientific name Orcinus orca
Supplied scientific name "Orcinus orca (Linnaeus, 1758)"
Identified to rank species
Common name Killer Whale
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Mammalia
Order Cetacea
Family Delphinidae
Genus Orcinus
Species Orcinus orca
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship (Linnaeus, 1758)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory South Australia
Latitude -34.9583
Supplied as: "-34.9583"
Longitude 136.0083
Supplied as: "136.0083"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality Cape Catastrophe | 3 km N (= between Memory Cove and Lewis Island, off S of the Cove)
Coordinate precision 0.0001
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 34 57 30 S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 136 00 30 E

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    Area Management
    Australian Coral Ecoregions South-east Australia
    CAPAD 2016 Marine Thorny Passage
    CAPAD 2020 Marine Thorny Passage
    NRM Regions 2010 Eyre Peninsula
    NRM Regions 2017 Eyre Peninsula
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Eyre Peninsula
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Spencer Gulf Shelf Province
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Eyre
    States including coastal waters South Australia (including Coastal Waters)