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Occurrence record: MAMM:M21146

Preserved specimen of Mesoplodon grayi Von Haast, 1876 | Gray's Beaked Whale
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Dataset

Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Western Australian Museum provider for OZCAM
Institution code Western Australian Museum
Supplied institution code "WAM"
Collection Western Australian Museum Mammal Collection
Supplied collection code "MAMM"
Catalog number M21146
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:taxonomy.org.au:MAMM:M21146
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations Skull
Identified by KEMPER, C.M.  
Collector Lambert, P.J.  
Supplied as "LAMBERT, P.J."
Individual count 1
License CC-BY 4.0 (Int)
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Sampling protocol [PICK UP]
Date identified 2002-01-01

Event

Sampling protocol PICK UP  
Verbatim event date 1985-01-09
Date precision NOT_SUPPLIED

Taxonomy

Scientific name Mesoplodon grayi
Identified to rank species
Common name Gray's Beaked Whale
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Mammalia
Order Cetacea
Supplied as "Artiodactyla"
Family Ziphiidae
Genus Mesoplodon
Species Mesoplodon grayi
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship Von Haast, 1876
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Western Australia
Locality 1.8km NE FORREST BEACH
Latitude -33.583333
Supplied as: "-33.583333"
Longitude 115.45
Supplied as: "115.45"
Datum EPSG:4326
Coordinate precision Unknown
Municipality BUSSELTON
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 33°35`00"S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 115°27`00"E

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    Coordinate uncertainty meters invalid Warning
    Geodetic datum assumed WGS84 Warning
    Name not supplied Warning
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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    CAPAD 2016 Marine Ngari Capes
    CAPAD 2020 Marine Ngari Capes
    NRM Regions 2010 South West
    NRM Regions 2017 South West Region
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 South West Region
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Southwest Shelf Province
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Leeuwin-Naturaliste
    Land Management
    Western Australian Biodiversity Science Research Priority Regions South-West
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Western Australia (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 CITY OF BUSSELTON
    Vegetation
    Australia's Indigenous forest estate (2013) v2.0 Non-Indigenous, Non forest
    Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0 Non Forest
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Private Freehold
    Vegetation types - native Inland aquatic - freshwater, salt lakes and lagoons
    Vegetation types - present cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 758.6 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 395.8 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 2.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 33.6 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 83.8 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 34.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 37.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 421.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 17.6 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 40.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 25.1 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 16.8 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 21.96 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 7.68 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 12.6 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 11.6 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 21.6 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.53 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.244
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 29.62 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 21.68 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 12.9 degrees C
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.57
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0