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Occurrence record: Mammalogy:CS820

Human observation of Balaenoptera musculus (Linnaeus, 1758) | Blue Whale recorded on 1990-02-
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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 CS820
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:572119"]
Record type Human observation
Supplied basis "HumanObservation"
License CC-BY
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Country conservation Endangered
Occurrence remarks How observed: from air Images at South Australian Museum: yes
State conservation South Australia: Endangered
Supplied as E

Event

Event ID urn:emu.sam.sa.gov.au:Event:207546
Occurrence date [date not supplied]
Supplied date "1990-02-"
Date precision NOT_SUPPLIED

Taxonomy

Scientific name Balaenoptera musculus
Supplied scientific name "Balaenoptera musculus (Linnaeus, 1758)"
Identified to rank species
Common name Blue Whale
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Mammalia
Order Cetacea
Family Balaenopteridae
Genus Balaenoptera
Species Balaenoptera musculus
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship (Linnaeus, 1758)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory South Australia
Latitude -33.0
Supplied as: "-33"
Longitude 130.0
Supplied as: "130"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality Nullarbor | approx 200 km S (continental shelf)
Coordinate precision Unknown
Terrestrial false
Verbatim latitude 33 S
Biome MARINE
Marine true
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 130 E

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Marine NRM
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Eucla
    Exclusive Economic Zone Exclusive Economic Zone