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Occurrence record: Mammalogy:CS828

Human observation of Orcinus orca (Linnaeus, 1758) | Killer 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 CS828
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:572127"]
Record type Human observation
Supplied basis "HumanObservation"
License CC-BY
Type Event
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Occurrence remarks How observed: from air Images at South Australian Museum: no

Event

Event ID urn:emu.sam.sa.gov.au:Event:207159
Occurrence date [date not supplied]
Supplied date "1990-02-"
Date precision NOT_SUPPLIED

Taxonomy

Scientific name Orcinus orca
Supplied scientific name "Orcinus orca (Linnaeus, 1758)"
Identified to rank species
Common name Killer Whale
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Mammalia
Order Cetacea
Family Delphinidae
Genus Orcinus
Species Orcinus orca
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 Great Australian Bight
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