Specimen Details

  • Taxon Name

    Balaenoptera acutorostrata

  • Preferred Common name

    Dwarf Minke Whale

  • Other Common Names

    Common Minke Whale

  • Date Identified

    /09/2013

  • Identified By

    Tony Mitchell - Department of Sustainability and Environment

  • Number Of Specimens

    1

  • Specimen Nature

    Nature: Tissue, Form: frozen, Fixative treatment: ethanol 70%, Medium: ethanol 70%

  • Tissue Details

    Preservative: ethanol 70%, Storage temperature: -196°C; Storage temperature: -196°C

  • Tissue sampled from

    Museums Victoria specimen C 37480

  • Collected By

    Mr Peter Swinkels - Museum Victoria, Brendon Taylor - Museum Victoria, Michael Pennell - Museum Victoria, Dr Katie Date - Museums Victoria, Tony Mitchell - Department of Sustainability and Environment

  • Sampling Method

    salvage

  • Date Visited From

    18/09/2013

  • Date Visited To

    18/09/2013

  • 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

    Point Hicks

  • Latitude

    -37.8

  • Longitude

    149.27

  • Geodetic Datum

    WGS84

  • Georeference Protocol

    Geoscience Australia - Place names website