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Occurrence record: Mammalogy:CS3465

Human observation of Balaenoptera musculus (Linnaeus, 1758) | Blue Whale recorded on 2010-03-21
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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 CS3465
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:574764"]
Record type Human observation
Supplied basis "HumanObservation"
Individual count 2
License CC-BY
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Country conservation Endangered
Occurrence remarks 11 nm from shore. How observed: from PIRSA boat FPV 'Southern Ranger' Sighting Note: a large pod of barracuda feeding in the same area Images at South Australian Museum: yes
State conservation South Australia: Endangered
Supplied as E

Event

Event ID urn:emu.sam.sa.gov.au:Event:209598
Occurrence date 2010-03-21
Date precision DAY
Event time 11:00:

Taxonomy

Scientific name Balaenoptera musculus
Supplied scientific name "Balaenoptera musculus (Linnaeus, 1758)"
Identified to rank species
Common name Blue Whale
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Mammalia
Order Cetacea
Family Balaenopteridae
Genus Balaenoptera
Species Balaenoptera musculus
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship (Linnaeus, 1758)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory South Australia
Latitude -39.7406
Supplied as: "-39.7406"
Longitude 140.0267
Supplied as: "140.0267"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality Southend (township) | 21 km SSW (= ~ 11 nm SSW of Southend)
Coordinate precision 0.0001
Terrestrial false
Verbatim latitude 39 44 26 S
Biome MARINE
Marine true
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 140 01 36 E

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Marine NRM
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions West Tasmania Transition
    Exclusive Economic Zone Exclusive Economic Zone