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Occurrence record: Mammalogy:A3153

Preserved specimen of Globicephala melas (Traill, 1809) | Long-finned Pilot Whale
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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 A3153
Occurrence ID urn:catalog:TMAG:Mammalogy:A3153
Record type Preserved specimen
Supplied basis "PreservedSpecimen"
Collector Isabel Beasley, Brian Looker, Drew Lee (Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery / Tasmanian Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and Environment)  
Supplied as "Isabel Beasley, Brian Looker, Drew Lee (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

Occurrence date Year: 2008, Month: , Day:
Supplied as year:2008 
Date precision YEAR

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 Sandy Cape
Latitude -41.41958
Supplied as: "-41.41958"
Longitude 144.7498
Supplied as: "144.7498"
Datum EPSG:4326
Supplied datum: "GDA94"
Coordinate precision 50
Coordinate uncertainty (in metres) 50.0
Terrestrial true
Biome TERRESTRIAL
Marine false
Country Code AU

Additional properties

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    Additional political boundaries information

    Area Management
    CAPAD 2016 Terrestrial Arthur-Pieman
    CAPAD 2020 Terrestrial Arthur-Pieman
    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
    IMCRA 4 Regions Tasmanian Shelf Province
    IMCRA Meso-scale Bioregions Franklin
    Hydrology
    Drainage Divisions Level 1 Tasmania
    Drainage Divisions Level 2 SANDY CAPE COAST
    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 Circular Head (M)
    Local Government Areas 2012 deprecated Circular Head
    Local Government Areas PSMA 2018 CIRCULAR HEAD 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) NORTH WEST
    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) CIRCULAR HEAD - KING ISLAND
    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
    Vegetation
    Forests of Australia 2018B Non forest
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Groups Naturally bare - sand, rock, claypan, mudflat
    NVIS 4.1 Major Vegetation Subgroups Boulders/rock with algae, lichen or scattered plants, or alpine fjaeldmarks
    Vegetation types - native Low closed forests and closed shrublands
    Vegetation types - present Low closed forest and tall closed shrubland

    Environmental sampling for this location

    Climate
    Precipitation - annual (Bio12) 1381.0 mm
    Precipitation - coldest quarter (Bio19) 503.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest period (Bio14) 14.0 mm
    Precipitation - driest quarter (Bio17) 211.5 mm
    Precipitation - seasonality (Bio15) 34.0 mm
    Precipitation - warmest quarter (Bio18) 211.5 mm
    Precipitation - wettest period (Bio13) 45.0 mm
    Precipitation - wettest quarter (Bio16) 509.0 mm
    Radiation - annual mean (Bio20) 12.5 MJ/m2/day
    Radiation - seasonality (Bio23) 54.0
    Radiation - warmest quarter (Bio26) 19.1 MJ/m2/day
    Temperature - annual mean (Bio01) 12.5 degrees C
    Temperature - annual range (Bio07) 14.95 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest period min (Bio06) 6.0 degrees C
    Temperature - coldest quarter mean (Bio11) 9.6 degrees C
    Temperature - diurnal range mean (Bio02) 7.5 degrees C
    Temperature - driest quarter mean (Bio09) 15.7 degrees C
    Temperature - isothermality (Bio03) 0.5 %
    Temperature - seasonality (Bio04) 0.84
    Temperature - warmest period max (Bio05) 20.9 degrees C
    Temperature - warmest quarter (Bio10) 15.7 degrees C
    Temperature - wettest quarter mean (Bio08) 9.7 degrees C
    WorldClim 2.1: Temperature - annual mean 12.429167 °C
    WorldClim: Temperature - isothermality 51.0 %
    Substrate
    Moisture Index - annual mean (Bio28) 0.895
    Moisture Index - highest quarter mean (Bio32) 1.0