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Occurrence record: Mammalogy:C8179

Preserved specimen of Leptonychotes weddelli (Lesson, 1826) | Weddell Seal
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Dataset

Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Museums Victoria provider for OZCAM
Institution code Museums Victoria
Supplied institution code "NMV"
Collection Museums Victoria Mammalogy Collection
Supplied collection code "Mammalogy"
Catalog number C8179
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:NMV:Mammalogy:PreservedSpecimen:C8179
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations Skull|Dry
Collector UNKNOWN OR ANONYMOUS  
Supplied as "Unknown"
Sex Male
Individual count 1
Associated Occurrence Status Associated record
Associated occurrences The occurrence is associated with a representative record.
For more information see Inferred associated occurrence details
License CC0
Supplied as https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode
Rights holder Museums Victoria
Institution ID urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34978
Language en
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Owner institution code NMV
Associated records ASSOCIATED

Event

Occurrence date Year: 1967, Month: , Day:
Supplied as year:1967 
Date precision YEAR

Taxonomy

Higher classification Animalia | Chordata | Vertebrata | Mammalia | Carnivora | Caniformia | Phocidae
Scientific name Leptonychotes weddelli
Supplied scientific name "Leptonychotes weddellii"
Identified to rank species
Common name Weddell Seal
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Mammalia
Order Carnivora
Family Phocidae
Genus Leptonychotes
Species Leptonychotes weddelli
Name match metric fuzzyMatch
Scientific name authorship (Lesson, 1826)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Nomenclatural code ICZN

Geospatial

Higher geography Antarctica
Country Antarctica
Locality Wilkes Base
Latitude -70.4634
Supplied as: "-70.4634"
Longitude 118.006
Supplied as: "118.006"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "WGS84"
Verbatim locality Wilkes Base
Coordinate precision Unknown
Georeference sources Google Earth
Georeference protocol Approximation
Terrestrial true
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AQ

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    Inferred associated occurrence details

    This record is associated with the representative record. This mean another record has been detected to be similar to this record, and that the other record (the representative record) has the most detailed information for the occurrence. More information about the duplication detection methods and terminology in use is available here:

    Representative Record
    Record UUID 92c6d140-68f4-4475-8217-f1a38b73901b
    Data Resource Museums Victoria provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Leptonychotes weddellii
    Coordinates -70.4634,118.006
    Related records
    Record UUID b753d156-afeb-43c5-84b7-491eee960503
    Data Resource Museums Victoria provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Leptonychotes weddellii
    Coordinates -70.4634,118.006

    Additional political boundaries information

    Political
    World Country Boundaries Antarctica

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean -30.6875 °C