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Occurrence record: Ornithology:B11490

Preserved specimen of Casuarius casuarius (Linnaeus, 1758) | Southern Cassowary
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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 Ornithology Collection
Supplied collection code "Ornithology"
Catalog number B11490
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:10134"]
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations Skeleton
License CC-BY
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present

Event

Event ID urn:emu.sam.sa.gov.au:Event:4373
Date precision NOT_SUPPLIED

Taxonomy

Scientific name Casuarius casuarius
Identified to rank species
Common name Southern Cassowary
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Aves
Order Struthioniformes
Supplied as "Casuariiformes"
Family Casuariidae
Genus Casuarius
Species Casuarius casuarius
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship (Linnaeus, 1758)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Queensland
Latitude -13.8858
Supplied as: "-13.8858"
Longitude 143.2669
Supplied as: "143.2669"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality Lankelly
Coordinate precision 0.0001
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 13 53 09 S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 143 16 01 E

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    CAPAD 2016 Terrestrial Kulla (McIlwraith Range) (Cape York Peninsula Aboriginal Land)
    CAPAD 2020 Terrestrial Kulla (McIlwraith Range) (Cape York Peninsula Aboriginal Land)
    NRM Regions 2010 South East Queensland
    NRM Regions 2017 South East Queensland
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 South East Queensland
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions South Eastern Queensland
    IBRA 7 Regions South Eastern Queensland
    IBRA 7 Subregions Burringbar-Conondale Ranges
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 North East Coast
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 BRISBANE RIVER
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Queensland (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories Queensland
    Australian States and Territories Queensland
    Indigenous Land Use Agreements PNG Gas Pipeline ILUA - Cape York Region
    Local Government Areas 2011 Brisbane (C)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated City - Inner
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 BRISBANE CITY
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 301
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 17074
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) GREATER BRISBANE
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) BRISBANE CITY
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) BRISBANE INNER
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) BRISBANE INNER CITY
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) BRISBANE
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) BRISBANE CITY
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) BRISBANE CITY - INNER NORTH
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) BRISBANE
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Major Cities of Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) BRISBANE CENTRAL
    PSMA States (2016) QUEENSLAND
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Vegetation
    Australia's Indigenous forest estate (2013) v2.0 Non-Indigenous, Non forest
    Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0 Non Forest
    Forests of Australia 2018B Non forest
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Other Crown Land
    Vegetation types - native Eucalypt open forests
    Vegetation types - present cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 1046.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 129.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 6.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 111.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 44.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 385.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 37.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 389.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 18.0 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 25.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 21.9 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 20.4 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 22.1 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 8.0 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 15.3 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 11.2 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 16.2 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.51 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.28
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 30.1 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 24.9 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 24.9 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 24.091667 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 51.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.7
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.89
    Elevation 8.0 m