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Occurrence record: Mammalogy:A2133

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 A2133
Occurrence ID urn:catalog:TMAG:Mammalogy:A2133
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Collector (Tasmanian Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment)
Sex Female
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 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 Naracoopa Beach, King Island
Latitude -39.921
Supplied as: "-39.921"
Longitude 144.121
Supplied as: "144.121"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "GDA94"
Coordinate precision 50
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 50.0
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) King
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Subregions), contextual (polygon) King
    NRM Regions 2010 North West
    NRM Regions 2017 North West NRM Region
    Natural Resource Management (NRM) Regions 2023 North West NRM Region
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 North West NRM Region
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions King
    IBRA 7 Regions King
    IBRA 7 Subregions King
    Hydrology
    Australian Drainage Divisions 2021 Tasmania
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 Tasmania
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 KING ISLAND
    Indigenous
    Indigenous Areas 2021 Tasmania - West Coast
    Indigenous Locations 2021 Circular Head - King Island
    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 Braddon
    Local Government Areas 2011 King Island (M)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated King Island
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 KING ISLAND COUNCIL
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 3
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 3932
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF TAS.
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) KING ISLAND
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) WEST COAST
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) WEST AND NORTH WEST
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) BRADDON
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) TASMANIA - WEST COAST
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) CIRCULAR HEAD - KING ISLAND
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) TASMANIA
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Very Remote Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) MURCHISON
    PSMA States (2016) TASMANIA
    State Electoral Divisions 2022 Braddon (Murchison)
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Social
    Australia 2021 Australia
    Destination Zones 2021 King Island
    Greater Capital City Statistical Areas 2021 Rest of Tas.
    Local Government Areas 2023 King Island
    Postal Areas 2021 7256
    Remoteness Areas 2021 Very Remote Australia
    States and Territories 2021 Tasmania
    Statistical Areas Level 2 King Island
    Statistical Areas Level 3 West Coast
    Statistical Areas Level 4 West and North West
    Tourism Regions 2021 North West
    Vegetation
    Australia's Indigenous forest estate (2013) v2.0 Non-Indigenous, Native forest
    Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0 Eucalypt Medium Open
    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 Low closed forests and closed shrublands
    Vegetation types - present cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 5856.0 frequency
    Species Richness 1078.0 frequency
    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 904.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 340.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 8.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 124.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 38.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 124.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 30.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 342.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 14.0 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 51.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 21.3 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 13.5 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 13.2 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 7.7 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 10.7 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 6.2 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 16.5 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.47 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 0.8
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 20.9 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 16.5 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 10.7 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - annual 1015.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - coldest quarter 374.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest month 38.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest quarter 137.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - seasonality 38.558777 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - warmest quarter 137.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest month 134.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest quarter 374.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 13.5 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual range 11.8 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest month min 8.3 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest quarter mean 10.883333 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - diurnal range mean 5.35 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - driest quarter mean 16.55 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - isothermality 45.33898 %
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - seasonality 230.48369
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest month max 20.1 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest quarter mean 16.55 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - wettest quarter mean 10.883333 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 49.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.75
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0