Specimen Details

  • Taxon Name

    Rattus fuscipes

  • Author and date of publication

    Waterhouse, 1839

  • Preferred Common name

    Australian Bush Rat

  • Date Identified

    21/11/2013

  • Identified By

    Peter Smissen - Museum Victoria

  • Number Of Specimens

    1

  • Sex

    Female

  • Stage Or Age

    SubAdult

  • Specimen Nature

    Nature: Tissue, Form: Frozen

  • Tissue Details

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

  • Date of preparation

    21/11/2013

  • Tissue sampled from

    Museums Victoria specimen C 37459

  • Expedition Name

    Alpine National Park Bioscan 2013 (Alps BioScan)

  • Collected By

    Peter Smissen - Museum Victoria

  • Collection Event Code

    ALB 2013 0203

  • Sampling Method

    Elliott trap

  • Date Visited From

    21/11/2013 8:45 AM

  • Date Visited To

    21/11/2013 11:30 AM

  • Category

    Natural Sciences

  • Scientific Group

    Vertebrate Zoology

  • Discipline

    DNA Laboratory

  • Collecting Areas

    Tissue and DNA

  • Type of Item

    Specimen

Taxonomy

Geospatial Information

  • Site Code

    ABSite 0200

  • Country

    Australia

  • State

    Victoria

  • Nearest Named Place

    Alpine National Park

  • Precise Location

    Alpine National Park, 2.9 km north and 1.4 km west of Mount Cobberas No. 1

  • Minimum Elevation

    1378

  • Maximum Elevation

    1505

  • Latitude

    -36.8378

  • Longitude

    148.137

  • Geodetic Datum

    GDA94

  • Georeference Source

    Collector

  • Georeference Protocol

    Garmin GPSmap 62s

  • Georeference By

    Peter Smissen - Museum Victoria