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Occurrence record: Mammalogy:A2081

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 A2081
Occurrence ID urn:catalog:TMAG:Mammalogy:A2081
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 Henty River
Latitude -42.0486296
Supplied as: "-42.05"
Longitude 145.3710562
Supplied as: "145.37"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "AGD66"
Coordinate precision Unknown
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 10000.0
Terrestrial true
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    CAPAD 2016 Terrestrial Mount Dundas
    CAPAD 2020 Terrestrial Mount Dundas
    CAPAD 2022 - Terrestrial (Collaborative Australian Protected Areas Database) Mount Dundas
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Regions) Tasmanian West
    IBRA (Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) Version 7 (Subregions), contextual (polygon) West
    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
    IBRA 6 Regions Tasmanian West
    IBRA 7 Regions Tasmanian West
    IBRA 7 Subregions West
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 Tasmania
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 KING-HENTY RIVERS
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Tasmania (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories Tasmania
    Australian States and Territories Tasmania
    Local Government Areas 2011 West Coast (M)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated West Coast
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 WEST COAST 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) WEST COAST (TAS.)
    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) ZEEHAN - FRANKLIN
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) TASMANIA
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Remote Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) MURCHISON
    PSMA States (2016) TASMANIA
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Social
    Local Government Areas 2023 West Coast
    Vegetation
    Australia's Indigenous forest estate (2013) v2.0 Non-Indigenous, Native forest
    Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0 Rainforest
    Forests of Australia 2018B Rainforest
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Rainforests and Vine Thickets
    Tenure of Australia's forests (2013) v2.0 Nature Conservation Reserve
    Vegetation types - native Rainforests and vine thickets
    Vegetation types - present Rainforest and vine thickets

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 297.0 frequency
    Species Richness 152.0 frequency
    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 2043.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 658.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 22.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 340.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 25.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 342.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 58.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 661.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 11.1 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 54.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 17.6 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 11.7 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 17.1 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 4.2 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 8.4 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 8.8 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 15.1 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.51 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 0.93
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 21.3 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 15.1 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 8.5 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - annual 2127.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - coldest quarter 678.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest month 98.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - driest quarter 349.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - seasonality 26.559507 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - warmest quarter 349.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest month 241.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Precipitation - wettest quarter 687.0 mm
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 11.5625 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual range 16.300001 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest month min 4.4 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - coldest quarter mean 8.216667 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - diurnal range mean 8.325001 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - driest quarter mean 14.95 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - isothermality 51.07362 %
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - seasonality 274.26038
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest month max 20.7 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - warmest quarter mean 14.95 °C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - wettest quarter mean 8.566667 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 52.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 1.0
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0
    Elevation 81.0 m