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Occurrence record: Mammalogy:A2167

Preserved specimen of Physeter macrocephalus Linnaeus, 1758 | Sperm 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 A2167
Occurrence ID urn:catalog:TMAG:Mammalogy:A2167
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Collector (Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery / 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 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

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory Tasmania
Locality Trial Harbour, Ocean Beach
Latitude -42.0351
Supplied as: "-42.0351"
Longitude 145.2381
Supplied as: "145.2381"
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
    NRM Regions 2010 North West
    NRM Regions 2017 North West NRM Region
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 North West NRM Region
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Tasmanian Shelf Province
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Franklin
    States including coastal waters Tasmania (including Coastal Waters)

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 4464.0 frequency
    Species Richness 553.0 frequency
    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 1618.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 541.75 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 18.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 265.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 27.5 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 266.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 48.25 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 541.75 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 11.775 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 54.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 18.675001 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 12.25 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 15.775 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 5.275 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 9.125 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 8.05 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 15.475 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.51 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 0.87
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 21.025 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 15.475 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 9.15 degrees C
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.9725
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0