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Occurrence record: Mammals:JM20267

Preserved specimen of Physeter macrocephalus Linnaeus, 1758 | Sperm Whale recorded on 2014-03-01
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Dataset

Data partner OZCAM (Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums) Provider
Data resource Queensland Museum provider for OZCAM
Institution code Queensland Museum
Supplied institution code "QM"
Collection Queensland Museum Mammals
Supplied collection code "Mammals"
Catalog number JM20267
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:QM:Mammals:JM20267
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "Preserved specimen"
Preparations Skull
License CC-BY
Presence/Absence PRESENT

Event

Occurrence date 2014-03-01
Verbatim event date 01 Mar 2014-31 Mar 2014
Date precision DAY

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 Queensland
Locality Airlie Beach, Whitsunday region
Latitude -20.268333
Supplied as: "-20.268333"
Longitude 148.711944
Supplied as: "148.711944"
Datum EPSG:4326
Coordinate precision 0.000278
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 20.0
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 20° 16' 6" South
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Continent Oceania
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 148° 42' 43" East

Additional properties

object id 456725

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    Test name Result
    CONTINENT_COORDINATE_MISMATCH Warning
    First of the month Warning
    Geodetic datum assumed WGS84 Warning
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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    NRM Regions 2010 Mackay Whitsunday
    NRM Regions 2017 Mackay Whitsunday
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 Mackay Whitsunday
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions Central Mackay Coast
    IBRA 7 Regions Central Mackay Coast
    IBRA 7 Subregions Whitsunday
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 North East Coast
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 PROSERPINE RIVER
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Queensland (including Coastal Waters)
    Political
    ASGS Australian States and Territories Queensland
    Australian States and Territories Queensland
    Local Government Areas 2011 Whitsunday (R)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Whitsunday
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 WHITSUNDAY REGIONAL
    PSMA ABS Census Indigenous Language Speakers by Area - I01B (2016) 9
    PSMA ABS Census Selected Person Characteristics by Indigenous Status by Area - I01A (2016) 585
    PSMA ABS Greater Capital City Statistical Areas (2016) REST OF QLD
    PSMA ABS SA2 Statistical Areas (2016) AIRLIE - WHITSUNDAYS
    PSMA ABS SA3 Statistical Areas (2016) WHITSUNDAY
    PSMA ABS SA4 Statistical Areas (2016) MACKAY - ISAAC - WHITSUNDAY
    PSMA Commonwealth Electoral Boundaries (2018) DAWSON
    PSMA Indigenous Areas (2016) PROSERPINE - WHITSUNDAY
    PSMA Indigenous Locations (2016) PROSERPINE - WHITSUNDAY
    PSMA Indigenous Regions (2016) TOWNSVILLE - MACKAY
    PSMA Remoteness Areas (2016) Outer Regional Australia
    PSMA State Electoral Boundaries (2018) WHITSUNDAY
    PSMA States (2016) QUEENSLAND
    World Country Boundaries Australia
    Vegetation
    Australia's Indigenous forest estate (2013) v2.0 Non-Indigenous, Native forest
    Forests of Australia (2013) v2.0 Eucalypt Medium Woodland
    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

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 1520.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 123.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 3.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 94.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 77.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 724.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 82.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 795.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 18.6 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 20.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 20.8 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 23.9 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 16.8 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 14.6 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 19.5 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 7.7 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 21.1 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.46 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.05
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 31.4 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 27.4 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 27.0 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 23.258333 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 51.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.71
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0