Specimen Details

  • Taxon Name

    Rattus lutreolus

  • Author and date of publication

    (Gray, 1841)

  • Preferred Common name

    Australian Swamp Rat

  • Date Identified

    26/11/2012

  • Identified By

    Peter Smissen - Museum Victoria

  • Number Of Specimens

    1

  • Sex

    Male

  • Specimen Nature

    Nature: Tissue, Form: Frozen

  • Tissue Details

    Type: Liver, Preservative: RNALater, Storage temperature: -196°C; Storage temperature: -196°C; Storage temperature: -196°C

  • Date of preparation

    26/11/2012

  • Tissue sampled from

    Museums Victoria specimen C 37180

  • Expedition Name

    Grampians National Park BioScan 2012 (Grampians BioScan)

  • Collected By

    Ben Holmes - Parks Victoria, Peter Smissen - Museum Victoria

  • Collection Event Code

    GRB 477

  • Sampling Method

    Mammal traps

  • Date Visited From

    24/11/2012

  • Date Visited To

    27/11/2012

  • Category

    Natural Sciences

  • Scientific Group

    Vertebrate Zoology

  • Discipline

    DNA Laboratory

  • Collecting Areas

    Tissue and DNA

  • Type of Item

    Specimen

Taxonomy

Geospatial Information

  • Site Code

    GRBS 2012 27

  • Country

    Australia

  • State

    Victoria

  • Precise Location

    Grampians National Park, Bullawin Road, 6.8km by road S of intersection with Glenelg River Road, Weatherlie Property

  • Minimum Elevation

    250

  • Latitude

    -37.4483

  • Longitude

    142.275

  • Geodetic Datum

    WGS84

  • Site Radius

    150

  • Georeference Source

    GPS

  • Georeference Protocol

    gps

  • Georeference Date

    2012-11-24T00:00:00

  • Georeference By

    Ben Holmes - Parks Victoria