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Occurrence record: Mammalogy:A2225

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 A2225
Occurrence ID urn:catalog:TMAG:Mammalogy:A2225
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Collector Rosemary Gales (Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery / Tasmanian Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment)
Sex Male
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 Marion Bay
Latitude -42.842958
Supplied as: "-42.8429578"
Longitude 147.880833
Supplied as: "147.8808325"
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
    CAPAD 2016 Terrestrial Long Spit
    CAPAD 2020 Terrestrial Long Spit
    CAPAD 2022 - Terrestrial (Collaborative Australian Protected Areas Database) Long Spit
    IMCRA v4.0 Meso-Scale Bioregions (Integrated Marine and Coastal Regionalisation of Australia) Bruny
    IMCRA v4.0 Provincial Bioregions (Integrated Marine and Coastal Regionalisation of Australia) Tasmanian Shelf Province
    NRM Regions 2010 South
    NRM Regions 2017 South NRM Region
    Natural Resource Management (NRM) Regions 2023 South NRM Region
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 South NRM Region
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Tasmanian Shelf Province
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Bruny
    Hydrology
    Australian Drainage Divisions 2021 Tasmania
    Indigenous
    Indigenous Areas 2021 Tasmania - South-East Coast
    Indigenous Locations 2021 Sorell
    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
    Commonwealth Electoral Divisions 2021 Lyons
    Local Government Areas 2011 Sorell (M)
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 SORELL COUNCIL
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 0
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 931
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) GREATER HOBART
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) DODGES FERRY - LEWISHAM
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) SORELL - DODGES FERRY
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) HOBART
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) LYONS
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) TASMANIA - SOUTH-EAST COAST
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) SORELL
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) TASMANIA
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Outer Regional Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) PROSSER
    PSMA States (2016) TASMANIA
    State Electoral Divisions 2022 Lyons (Prosser)
    Social
    Australia 2021 Australia
    Destination Zones 2021 Dodges Ferry - Lewisham
    Greater Capital City Statistical Areas 2021 Greater Hobart
    Local Government Areas 2023 Sorell
    Postal Areas 2021 7175
    Remoteness Areas 2021 Outer Regional Australia
    States and Territories 2021 Tasmania
    Statistical Areas Level 2 Dodges Ferry - Lewisham
    Statistical Areas Level 3 Sorell - Dodges Ferry
    Statistical Areas Level 4 Hobart
    Tourism Regions 2021 Hobart and the South
    Vegetation
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Low Closed Forests and Tall Closed Shrublands
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Low closed forest or tall closed shrublands (including Acacia, Melaleuca and Banksia)

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Biodiversity
    Occurrence Density 13780.0 frequency
    Species Richness 1316.0 frequency
    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 702.6 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 194.8 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 10.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 159.4 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 12.4 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 167.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 17.2 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 198.6 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 13.46 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 48.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 20.16 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 12.52 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 16.1 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 4.88 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 9.12 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 8.26 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 12.76 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.514 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 0.934
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 20.96 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 15.96 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 9.74 degrees C
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.754
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 0.994