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Occurrence record: Mammals:JM19986

Preserved specimen of Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski, 1781) | Humpback Whale recorded on 2012-08-02
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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 JM19986
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:QM:Mammals:JM19986
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "Preserved specimen"
Preparations Baleen|Spirit
Sex Immature
Life stage Male
License CC-BY
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Field notes Calf #314210
Sampling protocol [Beach Wash]

Event

Occurrence date 2012-08-02
Sampling protocol Beach Wash  
Verbatim event date 02 Aug 2012
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Scientific name Megaptera novaeangliae
Identified to rank species
Common name Humpback Whale
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Mammalia
Order Cetacea
Family Balaenopteridae
Genus Megaptera
Species Megaptera novaeangliae
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship (Borowski, 1781)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Queensland
Locality Emu Park, N end of Fisherman's Beach via Yeppoon
Latitude -23.24078
Supplied as: "-23.24078"
Longitude 150.82549
Supplied as: "150.82549"
Datum EPSG:4326
Field notes Calf #314210
Coordinate precision 0.00001
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 50.0
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 23° 14' 26.808" South
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Continent Oceania
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 150° 49' 31.764" East

Additional properties

object id 456530

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    CAPAD 2016 Marine Great Barrier Reef
    CAPAD 2020 Marine Great Barrier Reef
    Directory of Important Wetlands Yeppoon - Keppel Sands Tidal Wetlands
    NRM Regions 2010 Fitzroy
    NRM Regions 2017 Fitzroy
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Fitzroy
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Northeast Shelf Province
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Shoalwater Coast
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Queensland (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    Australian States and Territories Queensland
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Livingstone - Pt B
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 LIVINGSTONE SHIRE
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) KEPPEL
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Forests of Australia 2018B Non forest

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 1011.6667 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 115.166664 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 5.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 97.5 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 53.5 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 422.33334 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 37.833332 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 430.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 18.783333 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 21.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 21.866667 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 22.3 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 18.333332 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 11.583333 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 17.316668 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 8.066667 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 18.216667 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.44 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.21
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 29.933332 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 26.333334 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 26.216667 degrees C
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.55833334
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.805