Specimen Details

  • Taxon Name

    Rattus lutreolus

  • Author and date of publication

    (Gray, 1841)

  • Preferred Common name

    Australian Swamp Rat

  • Date Identified

    19/10/2011

  • Identified By

    Karen K. Roberts

  • Number Of Specimens

    1

  • Sex

    Male

  • Stage Or Age

    Adult

  • Specimen Nature

    Nature: Tissue, Form: Frozen

  • Tissue Details

    Type: Gland/s, preputial, Storage temperature: -196°C

  • Date of preparation

    19/10/2011

  • Tissue sampled from

    Museums Victoria specimen C 36910

  • Expedition Name

    Wilsons Promontory National Park BioScan 2011 (Prom BioScan)

  • Collected By

    Karen M.C. Rowe - Museums Victoria, Dr Karen Roberts - Museums Victoria, Michela L. Mitchell - Museum Victoria, Lara Yachou - Museum Victoria, N. W. Longmore - Museums Victoria

  • Collection Event Code

    WPB 003

  • Sampling Method

    Sherman

  • Date Visited From

    17/10/2011

  • Date Visited To

    20/10/2011

  • Category

    Natural Sciences

  • Scientific Group

    Vertebrate Zoology

  • Discipline

    DNA Laboratory

  • Collecting Areas

    Tissue and DNA

  • Type of Item

    Specimen

Taxonomy

Geospatial Information

  • Site Code

    WPB3

  • Continent

    Australia

  • Country

    Australia

  • State

    Victoria

  • Nearest Named Place

    Wilsons Promontory National Park

  • Precise Location

    0.25 km NE intersection of Five Mile Road and Millers Landing Track

  • Latitude

    -38.9163

  • Longitude

    146.319

  • Geodetic Datum

    WGS84

  • Site Radius

    5

  • Georeference Source

    GPS

  • Georeference Protocol

    gps

  • Georeference By

    Karen M.C. Rowe - Museums Victoria