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Occurrence record: Mammalogy:M186

Preserved specimen of Leptonychotes weddelli (Lesson, 1826) | Weddell Seal recorded on 1913-04-15
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Dataset

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 M186
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:143471"]
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations (MS)C
Collector Shannon, J  
Supplied as "Shannon, J"
License CC-BY
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present

Event

Event ID urn:emu.sam.sa.gov.au:Event:84938
Occurrence date 1913-04-15
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Scientific name Leptonychotes weddelli
Supplied scientific name "Leptonychotes weddellii (Lesson, 1826)"
Identified to rank species
Common name Weddell Seal
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Mammalia
Order Carnivora
Family Phocidae
Genus Leptonychotes
Species Leptonychotes weddelli
Name match metric fuzzyMatch
Scientific name authorship (Lesson, 1826)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory South Australia
Latitude -35.5833
Supplied as: "-35.5833"
Longitude 138.75
Supplied as: "138.7500"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality Encounter Bay
Coordinate precision 0.0001
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 35 35 00 S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 138 45 00 E

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    Additional political boundaries information

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