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Occurrence record: MAMM:M61188

Preserved specimen of Tasmacetus shepherdi Oliver, 1937 | Tasman Beaked Whale
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Dataset

Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Western Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
Institution code Western Australian Museum
Supplied institution code "WAM"
Collection Western Australian Museum Mammal Collection
Supplied collection code "MAMM"
Catalog number M61188
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:taxonomy.org.au:MAMM:M61188
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations Skull
Identified by Coughran, D.  
Collector 1.  Dickenson   2.  , P.   3.  Coughran   4.  , D.  
Supplied as "Dickenson, P. & Coughran, D."
Sex Female
Individual count 1
Life stage Adult
License CC-BY 4.0 (Int)
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Sampling protocol [BEACHED]
Date identified 2008-01-01

Event

Sampling protocol BEACHED  
Verbatim event date 2008-11-10
Date precision NOT_SUPPLIED

Taxonomy

Scientific name Tasmacetus shepherdi
Identified to rank species
Common name Tasman Beaked Whale
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Mammalia
Order Cetacea
Supplied as "Artiodactyla"
Family Ziphiidae
Genus Tasmacetus
Species Tasmacetus shepherdi
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship Oliver, 1937
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Western Australia
Latitude -26.333333
Supplied as: "-26.333333"
Longitude 113.266667
Supplied as: "113.266667"
Datum EPSG:4326
Coordinate precision Unknown
Municipality Shark Bay
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 26°20`00"S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 113°16`00"E

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Australian Coral Ecoregions Shark Bay
    NRM Regions 2010 Rangelands
    NRM Regions 2017 Rangelands Region
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Rangelands Region
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Central Western Shelf Province
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Zuytdorp
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Western Australia (including Coastal Waters)
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 SHIRE OF SHARK BAY