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Occurrence record: Mammalogy:C41143

Preserved specimen of Physeter macrocephalus Linnaeus, 1758 | Sperm Whale recorded on 1972-02-03
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Dataset

Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Museums Victoria provider for OZCAM
Institution code Museums Victoria
Supplied institution code "NMV"
Collection Museums Victoria Mammalogy Collection
Supplied collection code "Mammalogy"
Catalog number C41143
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:NMV:Mammalogy:PreservedSpecimen:C41143
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations Tooth (teeth)|Dry
Identified by R M. Warneke  
Collector Warneke, R.M.  
Supplied as "R M. Warneke"
Individual count 1
Associated Occurrence Status Associated record
Associated occurrences The occurrence is associated with a representative record.
For more information see Inferred associated occurrence details
License CC0
Supplied as https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode
Rights holder Museums Victoria
Institution ID urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34978
Language en
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
Owner institution code NMV
Associated records ASSOCIATED
Date identified /02/1972

Event

Occurrence date 1972-02-03
Supplied date "1972-02-03T00:00:00\1972-02-03T00:00:00"
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Higher classification Animalia | Chordata | Vertebrata | Mammalia | Cetacea | Odontoceti | Physeteridae
Scientific name Physeter macrocephalus
Identified to rank species
Common name Sperm Whale
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Mammalia
Order Cetacea
Family Physeteridae
Genus Physeter
Species Physeter macrocephalus
Name match metric exactMatch
Scientific name authorship Linnaeus, 1758
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC
Nomenclatural code ICZN

Geospatial

Higher geography Australia | Victoria
Country Australia
State or Territory Victoria
Locality Gunnamatta Beach
Latitude -38.45
Supplied as: "-38.45"
Longitude 144.87
Supplied as: "144.87"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "WGS84"
Verbatim locality Gunnamatta Beach
Coordinate precision Unknown
Georeference protocol AMG conversion, collection or Gazetteer
Terrestrial true
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU

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    Inferred associated occurrence details

    This record is associated with the representative record. This mean another record has been detected to be similar to this record, and that the other record (the representative record) has the most detailed information for the occurrence. More information about the duplication detection methods and terminology in use is available here:

    Representative Record
    Record UUID 05e070b3-2920-4e57-9c85-884f206f8742
    Data Resource Museums Victoria provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Physeter macrocephalus
    Coordinates -38.45,144.87
    Related records
    Record UUID 610fe05b-31ab-4fc3-93ca-d7961273f4f0
    Data Resource Museums Victoria provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Physeter macrocephalus
    Coordinates -38.45,144.87
    Record UUID d9110086-e9e2-43e9-9070-53ba7c4e7cea
    Data Resource Museums Victoria provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Physeter macrocephalus
    Coordinates -38.45,144.87
    Record UUID afcd8902-73d5-45d3-8421-82da75778c8a
    Data Resource Museums Victoria provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Physeter macrocephalus
    Coordinates -38.45,144.87
    Record UUID fcbdd056-f8b7-4a6a-b643-6aa524093ada
    Data Resource Museums Victoria provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Physeter macrocephalus
    Coordinates -38.45,144.87
    Record UUID da09fa8f-5b2f-42e2-bd66-08bb46952953
    Data Resource Museums Victoria provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Physeter macrocephalus
    Coordinates -38.45,144.87
    Record UUID 26eb75d0-7d34-478d-96dc-cc031a23c5d7
    Data Resource Museums Victoria provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Physeter macrocephalus
    Coordinates -38.45,144.87
    Record UUID f7cc05b5-28ce-414e-8789-9ad39c58dfd1
    Data Resource Museums Victoria provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Physeter macrocephalus
    Coordinates -38.45,144.87
    Record UUID f26e6bae-c6ac-4a76-99a9-f4ba92da5d51
    Data Resource Museums Victoria provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Physeter macrocephalus
    Coordinates -38.45,144.87
    Record UUID b66915f6-ef0f-47de-8149-50db64d0cfd9
    Data Resource Museums Victoria provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Physeter macrocephalus
    Coordinates -38.45,144.87
    Record UUID 6b56af67-ec89-49aa-976a-8c3f5d82b0b4
    Data Resource Museums Victoria provider for OZCAM
    Raw Scientific Name Physeter macrocephalus
    Coordinates -38.45,144.87

    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    CAPAD 2016 Terrestrial Mornington Peninsula National Park
    CAPAD 2020 Terrestrial Mornington Peninsula
    NRM Regions 2010 Port Phillip and Western Port
    NRM Regions 2017 Port Phillip and Western Port
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Port Phillip and Western Port
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions South East Coastal Plain
    IBRA 7 Regions South East Coastal Plain
    IBRA 7 Subregions Gippsland Plain
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 South East Coast (Victoria)
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 BUNYIP RIVER
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Victoria (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories Victoria
    Australian States and Territories Victoria
    Local Government Areas 2011 Mornington Peninsula (S)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Mornington P'sula - South
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 MORNINGTON PENINSULA SHIRE
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 18
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 1305
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) GREATER MELBOURNE
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) FLINDERS
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) MORNINGTON PENINSULA
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) MORNINGTON PENINSULA
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) FLINDERS
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) MORNINGTON PENINSULA
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) MORNINGTON - SOUTH
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) MELBOURNE
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Inner Regional Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) NEPEAN
    PSMA States (2016) VICTORIA
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Vegetation
    Australia's Indigenous forest estate (2013) v2.0 Non-Indigenous, Native forest
    Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0 Melaleuca
    Forests of Australia 2018B Melaleuca
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Other Shrublands
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Melaleuca shrublands and open shrublands
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Nature Conservation Reserve
    Vegetation types - native Melaleuca forests and woodlands
    Vegetation types - present cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 785.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 245.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 8.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 135.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 23.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 135.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 21.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 245.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 14.8 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 47.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 21.8 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 14.4 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 16.1 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 7.1 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 10.7 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 7.2 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 18.3 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.45 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.03
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 23.3 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 18.3 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 10.7 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 14.129167 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 45.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.71
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0
    Elevation 11.0 m