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Occurrence record: Mammalogy:A2387

Preserved specimen of Globicephala melas (Traill, 1809) | Long-finned Pilot Whale
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Dataset

Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery provider for OZCAM
Institution code Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery
Supplied institution code "TMAG"
Collection Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery Vertebrate Collection
Supplied collection code "Mammalogy"
Catalog number A2387
Occurrence ID urn:catalog:TMAG:Mammalogy:A2387
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Collector (Tasmanian Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment)
License CC-BY 4.0 (Int)
Presence/Absence PRESENT

Event

Date precision NOT_SUPPLIED

Taxonomy

Scientific name Globicephala melas
Identified to rank species
Common name Long-finned Pilot Whale
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Mammalia
Order Artiodactyla
Supplied as "Cetacea"
Family Delphinidae
Genus Globicephala
Species Globicephala melas
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship (Traill, 1809)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Tasmania
Locality Bicheno
Latitude -41.7486024
Supplied as: "-41.75"
Longitude 148.2710066
Supplied as: "148.27"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "AGD66"
Coordinate precision Unknown
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 10000.0
Terrestrial true
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Regions) Tasmanian South East
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Subregions), contextual (polygon) South East
    NRM Regions 2010 North
    NRM Regions 2017 North NRM Region
    Natural Resource Management (NRM) Regions 2023 North NRM Region
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 North NRM Region
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Tasmanian South East
    IBRA 7 Regions Tasmanian South East
    IBRA 7 Subregions South East
    Hydrology
    Australian Drainage Divisions 2021 Tasmania
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 Tasmania
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 EAST COAST
    Indigenous
    Indigenous Areas 2021 Tasmania - North-East Coast
    Indigenous Locations 2021 Break O'Day
    Indigenous Regions 2021 Tasmania
    RATSIB (representative Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander body) Areas 2024 Tasmania
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Tasmania (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories Tasmania
    Australian States and Territories Tasmania
    Commonwealth Electoral Divisions 2021 Lyons
    Electorates March 2025 Lyons
    Local Government Areas 2011 Break O'Day (M)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Break O'Day
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 BREAK O'DAY COUNCIL
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 0
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 873
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF TAS.
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) ST HELENS - SCAMANDER
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) NORTH EAST
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) LAUNCESTON AND NORTH EAST
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) LYONS
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) TASMANIA - NORTH-EAST COAST
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) BREAK O'DAY
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) TASMANIA
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Remote Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) MCINTYRE
    PSMA States (2016) TASMANIA
    State Electoral Divisions 2022 Lyons (McIntyre)
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Social
    Australia 2021 Australia
    Destination Zones 2021 St Helens - Scamander
    Greater Capital City Statistical Areas 2021 Rest of Tas.
    Local Government Areas 2023 Break O'Day
    Postal Areas 2021 7215
    Remoteness Areas 2021 Remote Australia
    States and Territories 2021 Tasmania
    Statistical Areas Level 2 St Helens - Scamander
    Statistical Areas Level 3 North East
    Statistical Areas Level 4 Launceston and North East
    Tourism Regions 2021 East Coast
    Vegetation
    Australia's Indigenous forest estate (2013) v2.0 Non-Indigenous, Non forest
    Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0 Non Forest
    Forests of Australia 2018B 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 Eucalypt open forests
    Vegetation types - present cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 6585.0 frequency
    Species Richness 1133.0 frequency
    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 731.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 157.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 10.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 150.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 18.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 204.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 19.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 234.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 13.7 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 45.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 20.0 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 13.4 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 18.0 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 4.4 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 9.6 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 9.5 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 10.3 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.53 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.01
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 22.5 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 17.0 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 15.9 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - annual 685.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - coldest quarter 168.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest month 37.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest quarter 154.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - seasonality 19.539988 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - warmest quarter 165.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest month 80.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest quarter 212.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 12.695833 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual range 17.6 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest month min 3.9 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest quarter mean 8.983334 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - diurnal range mean 9.341666 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - driest quarter mean 9.716667 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - isothermality 53.077652 %
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - seasonality 295.892
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest month max 21.5 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest quarter mean 16.35 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - wettest quarter mean 15.083333 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 54.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.72
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.94
    Elevation 10.0 m