Specimen Details

  • Taxon Name

    Megaptera novaeangliae

  • Author and date of publication

    Borowski, 1781

  • Preferred Common name

    Humpback Whale

  • Date Identified

    20/12/1993

  • Identified By

    Joan M. Dixon - Museum Victoria

  • Number Of Specimens

    1

  • Sex

    Unknown

  • Specimen Nature

    Nature: Skull (part), Form: Dry

  • Collected By

    T Burggraaff

  • Category

    Natural Sciences

  • Scientific Group

    Vertebrate Zoology

  • Discipline

    Mammalogy

  • Collecting Areas

    Mammalogy

  • Type of Item

    Specimen

Taxonomy

Geospatial Information

  • Country

    Australia

  • State

    Victoria

  • Precise Location

    Venus Bay beach, near Arch Rock

  • Latitude

    -38.83

  • Longitude

    145.9

  • Geodetic Datum

    WGS84

  • Georeference Protocol

    AMG conversion, collection or Gazetteer