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Occurrence record: Mammalogy:A1747

Preserved specimen 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 A1747
Occurrence ID urn:catalog:TMAG:Mammalogy:A1747
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Collector David Pemberton (Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery)  
Supplied as "David Pemberton (Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery)"
Sex Female
License CC-BY 4.0 (Int)
Presence/Absence PRESENT

Event

Occurrence date Year: 2002, Month: , Day:
Supplied as year:2002 
Date precision YEAR

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 Croppies Beach
Latitude -42.6317
Supplied as: "-42.6317"
Longitude 145.2783
Supplied as: "145.2783"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "GDA94"
Coordinate precision Unknown
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 50.0
Terrestrial true
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU

Additional properties

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    NRM Regions 2010 North West
    NRM Regions 2017 North West NRM Region
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 North West NRM Region
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Tasmanian Shelf Province
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Franklin
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Tasmania (including Coastal Waters)
    Vegetation
    Vegetation types - native Low closed forests and closed shrublands
    Vegetation types - present Low closed forest and tall closed shrubland

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 1707.6666 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 547.6667 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 20.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 298.66666 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 24.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 300.66666 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 46.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 547.6667 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 11.3 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 55.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 17.9 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 11.9 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 14.233334 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 5.5333333 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 9.0 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 7.266667 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 14.866667 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.51 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 0.8
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 19.766666 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 14.866667 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 9.0 degrees C
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.99
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0
    Elevation 17.0 m