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Occurrence record: Mammalogy:CS1750

Human observation of Hyperoodon planifrons Flower, 1882 | Southern Bottle-nosed Whale recorded on 1994-02-15
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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 CS1750
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:573049"]
Record type Human observation
Supplied basis "HumanObservation"
Individual count 1
License CC-BY
Type Event
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Occurrence remarks 3m from observer. How observed: from boat Sighting Note: A bit overcast. Media coverage, Images at South Australian Museum: no
State conservation Rare
Supplied as R

Event

Event ID urn:emu.sam.sa.gov.au:Event:208280
Occurrence date 1994-02-15
Date precision DAY
Event time 10:30:

Taxonomy

Scientific name Hyperoodon planifrons
Supplied scientific name "Hyperoodon planifrons Flower, 1882"
Identified to rank species
Common name Southern Bottle-nosed Whale
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Mammalia
Order Cetacea
Family Ziphiidae
Genus Hyperoodon
Species Hyperoodon planifrons
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship Flower, 1882
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory South Australia
Latitude -34.95
Supplied as: "-34.95"
Longitude 135.65
Supplied as: "135.65"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality Fisheries Bay | 1.8 km off (1 nautical mile off Fisheries Bay)
Coordinate precision 0.01
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 34 57 S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 135 39 E

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    Additional political boundaries information

    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)

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Topography
    Elevation 45.0 m