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Occurrence record: Mammalogy:M28113

Preserved specimen of Kogia breviceps (Blainville, 1838) | Pygmy Sperm Whale recorded on 2022-03-26
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Dataset

Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource South Australian Museum Adelaide provider for OZCAM
Institution code South Australian Museum
Supplied institution code "SAMA"
Collection South Australian Museum Mammalogy Collection
Supplied collection code "Mammalogy"
Catalog number M28113
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:902175"]
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations PC(WO)
Collector Cowan, Darryl - ADS DEW
License CC-BY
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
State conservation Rare

Event

Event ID urn:emu.sam.sa.gov.au:Event:269389
Occurrence date 2022-03-26
End day of year 85
Date precision DAY
Start day of year 85

Taxonomy

Scientific name Kogia breviceps
Supplied scientific name "Kogia breviceps (de Blainville, 1838)"
Identified to rank species
Common name Pygmy Sperm Whale
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Mammalia
Order Cetacea
Family Kogiidae
Genus Kogia
Species Kogia breviceps
Name match metric canonicalMatch
Scientific name authorship (Blainville, 1838)
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory South Australia
Latitude -35.25717
Supplied as: "-35.25717"
Longitude 138.4615
Supplied as: "138.46150"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality Gull Rock | 1.4 km S (= Port Willunga Beach)
Coordinate precision 0.00001
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 35 15 26 S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 138 27 41 E

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Australian Coral Ecoregions South-east Australia
    CAPAD 2016 Marine Encounter
    CAPAD 2018 Marine Encounter
    CAPAD 2020 Marine Encounter
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Regions) Flinders Lofty Block
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Subregions), contextual (polygon) Mount Lofty Ranges
    NRM Regions 2010 Adelaide and Mount Lofty Ranges
    NRM Regions 2017 Adelaide and Mount Lofty Ranges
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Adelaide and Mount Lofty Ranges
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Flinders Lofty Block
    IBRA 7 Regions Flinders Lofty Block
    IBRA 7 Subregions Mount Lofty Ranges
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 South Australian Gulf
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 ONKAPARINGA RIVER
    Marine
    States including coastal waters South Australia (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories South Australia
    Local Government Areas 2011 Onkaparinga (C)
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 CITY OF ONKAPARINGA
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 86
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 2589
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) GREATER ADELAIDE
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) ALDINGA
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) ONKAPARINGA
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) ADELAIDE - SOUTH
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) MAYO
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) ONKAPARINGA
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) ONKAPARINGA - SOUTH
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) ADELAIDE
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Major Cities of Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
    PSMA States (2016) SOUTH AUSTRALIA
    Social
    Local Government Areas 2023 Onkaparinga
    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 Unresolved Tenure

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 33560.0 frequency
    Species Richness 2105.0 frequency
    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 513.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 221.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 3.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 51.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 54.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 51.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 19.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 223.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 17.2 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 43.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 25.1 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 16.3 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 19.8 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 7.6 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 11.9 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 9.3 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 20.9 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.47 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.23
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 27.4 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 20.9 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 11.9 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - annual 485.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - coldest quarter 198.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest month 15.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest quarter 56.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - seasonality 48.184906 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - warmest quarter 56.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest month 70.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest quarter 198.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 15.8375 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual range 19.099998 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest month min 7.2 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest quarter mean 11.316667 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - diurnal range mean 8.975 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - driest quarter mean 20.25 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - isothermality 46.989532 %
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - seasonality 365.76276
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest month max 26.3 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest quarter mean 20.266666 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - wettest quarter mean 11.316667 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 48.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.47
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.93