Specimen Details

  • Taxon Name

    Megaptera novaeangliae

  • Author and date of publication

    Borowski, 1781

  • Preferred Common name

    Humpback Whale

  • Date Identified

    16/07/2012

  • Identified By

    Mandy Watson - Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning (DELWP)

  • Number Of Specimens

    1

  • Sex

    Male

  • Specimen Nature

    Nature: tissue, muscle, Form: Wet, Fixative treatment: ethanol 70%, Medium: ethanol 70%

  • Date of preparation

    16/07/2012

  • Collected By

    Mandy Watson - Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning (DELWP)

  • Sampling Method

    salvage

  • Date Visited From

    16/07/2012

  • Date Visited To

    16/07/2012

  • 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

    Warrnambool, Shelly Beach rock platform

  • Latitude

    -38.3951

  • Longitude

    142.456

  • Geodetic Datum

    WGS84

  • Georeference Source

    Google Earth

  • Georeference Date

    2012-07-23T00:00:00

  • Georeference By

    Kevin C. Rowe - Museum Victoria