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Occurrence record: Mammalogy:CS3884

Human observation of Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski, 1781) | Humpback Whale recorded on 2011-08-23
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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 CS3884
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:575183"]
Record type Human observation
Supplied basis "HumanObservation"
Individual count 2
License CC-BY
Type Event
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Occurrence remarks 2 km + from shore. Images at South Australian Museum: yes
State conservation Vulnerable
Supplied as V

Event

Event ID urn:emu.sam.sa.gov.au:Event:209934
Occurrence date 2011-08-23
Date precision DAY
Event time 14:00:

Taxonomy

Scientific name Megaptera novaeangliae
Supplied scientific name "Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski, 1781)"
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 South Australia
Latitude -31.5167
Supplied as: "-31.5167"
Longitude 131.0875
Supplied as: "131.0875"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality Twin Rocks | 7 km SW (= 2+ km offshore)
Coordinate precision 0.0001
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 31 31 00 S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 131 05 15 E

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    Area Management
    CAPAD 2016 Marine Far West Coast
    CAPAD 2020 Marine Far West Coast
    NRM Regions 2010 Alinytjara Wilurara
    NRM Regions 2017 Alinytjara Wilurara
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Alinytjara Wilurara
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Great Australian Bight Shelf Transition
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Eucla
    States including coastal waters South Australia (including Coastal Waters)