Specimen Details

  • Taxon Name

    Tachyglossus aculeatus

  • Author and date of publication

    (Shaw, 1792)

  • Preferred Common name

    Short-beaked Echidna

  • Number Of Specimens

    1

  • Sex

    Male

  • Specimen Nature

    Nature: Tissue, Form: Frozen

  • Tissue Details

    Preservative: RNAlater, Storage temperature: -196°C

  • Date of preparation

    23/07/2012

  • Collected By

    Peter Smissen - Museum Victoria

  • Sampling Method

    Road kill

  • Category

    Natural Sciences

  • Scientific Group

    Vertebrate Zoology

  • Discipline

    DNA Laboratory

  • Collecting Areas

    Tissue and DNA

  • Type of Item

    Specimen

Taxonomy

Geospatial Information

  • Country

    Australia

  • State

    Victoria

  • Precise Location

    Portland, Princes Hwy 40 m E of junction with Henty Hwy

  • Latitude

    -38.3005

  • Longitude

    141.605

  • Geodetic Datum

    WGS84

  • Georeference Source

    Google Earth

  • Georeference Date

    2012-07-23T00:00:00

  • Georeference By

    Peter Smissen - Museum Victoria