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Occurrence record: Mammalogy:M12774

Preserved specimen of Tasmacetus shepherdi Oliver, 1937 | Tasman Beaked Whale recorded on 1976-01-02
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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 M12774
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:148891"]
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations (IP)C
Collector , J. Forrest  
Supplied as "Forrest J.,FNSSA Mammal Club"
License CC-BY
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
State conservation Rare
Supplied as R

Event

Event ID urn:emu.sam.sa.gov.au:Event:86474
Occurrence date 1976-01-02
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Scientific name Tasmacetus shepherdi
Supplied scientific name "Tasmacetus shepherdi Oliver, 1937"
Identified to rank species
Common name Tasman Beaked Whale
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Mammalia
Order Cetacea
Family Ziphiidae
Genus Tasmacetus
Species Tasmacetus shepherdi
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship Oliver, 1937
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory South Australia
Latitude -38.0667
Supplied as: "-38.0667"
Longitude 140.75
Supplied as: "140.7500"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality Racecourse Bay
Coordinate precision 0.0001
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 38 04 00 S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 140 45 00 E

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    Area Management
    Australian Coral Ecoregions South-east Australia
    CAPAD 2016 Marine Lower South East
    CAPAD 2020 Marine Lower South East
    NRM Regions 2010 South East
    NRM Regions 2017 South East
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 South East
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Otway
    States including coastal waters South Australia (including Coastal Waters)