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Occurrence record: Mammals:JM18688

Preserved specimen of Physeter macrocephalus Linnaeus, 1758 | Sperm Whale recorded on 2007-04-29
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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 JM18688
Occurrence ID urn:lsid:ozcam.taxonomy.org.au:QM:Mammals:JM18688
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "Preserved specimen"
Preparations Skeleton|Skull
License CC-BY
Presence/Absence PRESENT

Event

Occurrence date 2007-04-29
Verbatim event date 29 Apr 2007
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 South Stradbroke Island
Latitude -27.885556
Supplied as: "-27.885556"
Longitude 153.426111
Supplied as: "153.426111"
Datum EPSG:4326
Coordinate precision 0.01667
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 500.0
Terrestrial true
Verbatim latitude 27° 53' 8" South
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Continent Oceania
Marine false
Country Code AU
Verbatim longitude 153° 25' 34" East

Additional properties

object id 455601

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    CAPAD 2016 Marine Moreton Bay
    CAPAD 2020 Marine Moreton Bay
    Directory of Important Wetlands Moreton Bay
    GER Border Ranges GER Border Ranges
    NRM Regions 2010 South East Queensland
    NRM Regions 2017 South East Queensland
    RAMSAR wetland regions Moreton Bay
    Area management
    National Landcare Program Management Units 2018 South East Queensland
    Biodiversity
    IBRA 6 Regions South Eastern Queensland
    IBRA 7 Regions South Eastern Queensland
    IBRA 7 Subregions Sunshine Coast-Gold Coast Lowlands
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 SOUTH COAST
    Marine
    States including coastal waters Queensland (including Coastal Waters)
    Vegetation
    Forests of Australia 2018B Non forest
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings
    Vegetation types - native Low closed forests and closed shrublands
    Vegetation types - present cleared, non-native vegetation, buildings

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 1385.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 199.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 9.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 161.0 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 42.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 479.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 47.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 497.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 17.3 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 26.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 21.1 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 20.8 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 18.5 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 10.5 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 16.3 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 9.0 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 17.3 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.49 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 1.13
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 29.0 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 24.7 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 23.9 degrees C
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.87
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0
    Elevation 2.0 m