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Occurrence record: MAMM:M28140

Preserved specimen of Tursiops truncatus (Montagu, 1821) | Bottlenose Dolphin
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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 M28140
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:taxonomy.org.au:MAMM:M28140
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations Skeleton
Identified by KEMPER, C.M.  
Sex Male
Individual count 1
License CC-BY 4.0 (Int)
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Sampling protocol [FISHING NET]
Date identified 2002-01-01

Event

Sampling protocol FISHING NET  
Verbatim event date 1985-10-11
Date precision NOT_SUPPLIED

Taxonomy

Scientific name Tursiops truncatus
Identified to rank species
Common name Bottlenose Dolphin
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Mammalia
Order Cetacea
Supplied as "Artiodactyla"
Family Delphinidae
Genus Tursiops
Species Tursiops truncatus
Name match metric higherMatch
Infraspecific epithet truncatus
Scientific name authorship (Montagu, 1821)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Northern Territory
Latitude -9.816667
Supplied as: "-9.816667"
Longitude 137.216667
Supplied as: "137.216667"
Datum EPSG:4326
Coordinate precision Unknown
Terrestrial false
Verbatim latitude 9°49`00"S
Biome MARINE
Marine true
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 137°13`00"E

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Australian Coral Ecoregions Arafura Sea Gulf of Carpenteria
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Marine NRM
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Northern Shelf Province
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Arafura
    Exclusive Economic Zone Exclusive Economic Zone