Specimen Details

  • Taxon Name

    Kogia breviceps

  • Preferred Common name

    Pygmy Sperm Whale

  • Date Identified

    05/08/2016

  • Identified By

    Wildlife Management Branch, Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water & Environment (DPIPWE - Tasmania)

  • Number Of Specimens

    1

  • Sex

    Female

  • Stage Or Age

    adult

  • Specimen Nature

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

  • Tissue Details

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

  • Date of preparation

    10/05/2016

  • Tissue sampled from

    Museums Victoria specimen C 38135

  • Collected By

    Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Leona Waldegrave- Knight - Department of Natural Resources and Environment (DNRE), Tony Mitchell - Department of Sustainability and Environment, Bairnsdale, Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning (DELWP)

  • Sampling Method

    salvage

  • Date Visited From

    30/04/2016 9:30 AM

  • Date Visited To

    30/04/2016 9:30 AM

  • 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

    Lake Tyres, Red Bluff (East Side)

  • Latitude

    -37.8675

  • Longitude

    148.062

  • Geodetic Datum

    GDA94

  • Georeference Source

    data provided with specimen(s)

  • Georeference Protocol

    Geoscience Australia easting northing conversion

  • Georeference Date

    2016-05-06T00:00:00

  • Georeference By

    Bentley A. Bird - Museum Victoria