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Occurrence record: Mammalogy:M12775

Preserved specimen of Balaenoptera edeni Anderson, 1878 | Bryde's Whale recorded on 1972-04-26
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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 M12775
Other catalog numbers ["ecatalogue.irn:152005"]
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Preparations CO(WO)
Collector 1.  , P.F. Aitken   2.  , J. Forrest   3.  , W. Head   4.  , K. Rogers  
Supplied as "Aitken P.F.,Forrest J.,Head W.,Rogers K."
License CC-BY
Type PhysicalObject
Presence/Absence PRESENT
Supplied as present
State conservation Rare
Supplied as R

Event

Event ID urn:emu.sam.sa.gov.au:Event:88407
Occurrence date 1972-04-26
Date precision DAY

Taxonomy

Scientific name Balaenoptera edeni
Supplied scientific name "Balaenoptera edeni Anderson, 1879"
Identified to rank species
Common name Bryde's Whale
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Mammalia
Order Cetacea
Family Balaenopteridae
Genus Balaenoptera
Species Balaenoptera edeni
Name match metric canonicalMatch
Scientific name authorship Anderson, 1878
Name parse type SCIENTIFIC

Geospatial

Country Australia
State or Territory South Australia
Latitude -34.1389
Supplied as: "-34.1389"
Longitude 138.0917
Supplied as: "138.0917"
Datum EPSG:4326
Verbatim locality Port Wakefield | 8 km NW
Coordinate precision 0.0001
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 34 08 20 S
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 138 05 30 E

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    Australian Coral Ecoregions South-east Australia
    CAPAD 2016 Marine Upper Gulf St Vincent
    CAPAD 2020 Marine Upper Gulf St Vincent
    Directory of Important Wetlands Clinton
    NRM Regions 2010 Kangaroo Island
    NRM Regions 2017 Kangaroo Island
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Kangaroo Island
    Biodiversity
    IMCRA 4 Regions Spencer Gulf Shelf Province
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions St Vincent Gulf
    Marine
    States including coastal waters South Australia (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 KANGAROO ISLAND COUNCIL
    Vegetation
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Eucalypt Woodlands
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Eucalyptus woodlands with a shrubby understorey

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 662.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 305.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 4.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 59.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 62.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 59.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 27.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 314.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 16.6 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 45.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 24.7 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 14.7 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 17.1 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 7.4 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 11.1 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 8.2 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 18.5 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.48 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.02
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 24.5 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 18.5 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 11.2 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 15.099999 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 47.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.56
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0
    Elevation 125.0 m