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Occurrence record: Mammalogy:CS3245

Human observation of Orcinus orca (Linnaeus, 1758) | Killer Whale recorded on 2009-06-18
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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 CS3245
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:574544"]
Record type Human observation
Supplied basis "HumanObservation"
Individual count 10
License CC-BY
Type Event
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Occurrence remarks approx. 500 m from shore. 500-800 m from observer. How observed: visual observation Social group: grouped Sighting Note: the observer often spots whales in the area but needs to report the sightings Images at South Australian Museum: no

Event

Event ID urn:emu.sam.sa.gov.au:Event:209418
Occurrence date 2009-06-18
Date precision DAY
Event time 14:30:

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 -36.0636
Supplied as: "-36.0636"
Longitude 136.7047
Supplied as: "136.7047"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality Admirals Arch | (= 500 m offshore)
Coordinate precision 0.0001
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 36 03 49 S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 136 42 17 E

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    CAPAD 2016 Terrestrial Flinders Chase
    CAPAD 2020 Terrestrial Flinders Chase
    NRM Regions 2010 Kangaroo Island
    NRM Regions 2017 Kangaroo Island
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Kangaroo Island
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Kanmantoo
    IBRA 7 Regions Kanmantoo
    IBRA 7 Subregions Kangaroo Island
    Marine
    States including coastal waters South Australia (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories South Australia
    Australian States and Territories South Australia
    Local Government Areas 2011 Kangaroo Island (DC)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Kangaroo Island
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 KANGAROO ISLAND COUNCIL
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 28
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 717
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF SA
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) KANGAROO ISLAND
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) FLEURIEU - KANGAROO ISLAND
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) SOUTH AUSTRALIA - SOUTH EAST
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) MAYO
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) FLEURIEU - KANGAROO ISLAND
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) FLEURIEU - KANGAROO ISLAND
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) ADELAIDE
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Remote Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) FINNISS
    PSMA States (2016) SOUTH AUSTRALIA
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Forests of Australia 2018B Non forest

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 695.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 310.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 3.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 56.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 66.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 58.5 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 29.5 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 339.5 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 16.5 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 45.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 23.9 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 14.95 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 13.35 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 9.1 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 12.1 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 6.5 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 17.9 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.49 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 0.805
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 22.4 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 18.0 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 12.4 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 15.325 °C
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.575
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0