Specimen Details

  • Taxon Name

    Rattus rattus

  • Author and date of publication

    (Linnaeus, 1758)

  • Preferred Common name

    Black Rat

  • Other Common Names

    Roof rat

  • Date Identified

    23/11/2012

  • Identified By

    Kevin C. Rowe - Museum Victoria

  • Number Of Specimens

    1

  • Sex

    Female

  • Stage Or Age

    Adult

  • Specimen Nature

    Nature: Spirit, Form: Wet, Fixative treatment: Formalin 10%, Medium: ethanol 70%

  • Date of preparation

    23/11/2012

  • Expedition Name

    Grampians National Park BioScan 2012 (Grampians BioScan)

  • Collected By

    Dr Kevin C. Rowe - Museums Victoria, Peter Smissen - Museum Victoria

  • Collection Event Code

    GRB 469

  • Sampling Method

    Cage traps

  • Date Visited From

    22/11/2012

  • Date Visited To

    22/11/2012

  • Category

    Natural Sciences

  • Scientific Group

    Vertebrate Zoology

  • Discipline

    Mammalogy

  • Collecting Areas

    Mammalogy

  • Type of Item

    Specimen

Taxonomy

Geospatial Information

  • Site Code

    GRBS 2012 69

  • Country

    Australia

  • State

    Victoria

  • Precise Location

    Grampians National Park, Cooinda Burrong Scout Camp, basecamp and surrounds

  • Minimum Elevation

    214

  • Latitude

    -37.0649

  • Longitude

    142.375

  • Geodetic Datum

    WGS84

  • Site Radius

    10

  • Georeference Source

    GPS

  • Georeference Protocol

    gps

  • Georeference Date

    2012-12-01T00:00:00

  • Georeference By

    Dr Kevin C. Rowe - Museums Victoria