Specimen Details

  • Taxon Name

    Kogia sima

  • Preferred Common name

    Dwarf Sperm Whale

  • Date Identified

    08/12/2016

  • Identified By

    Kevin C. Rowe - Museum Victoria

  • Number Of Specimens

    1

  • Sex

    Female

  • Specimen Nature

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

  • Tissue Details

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

  • Date of preparation

    28/02/2017

  • Tissue sampled from

    Museums Victoria specimen C 38177.9

  • Collected By

    Mark Keenan - Zoos Victoria

  • Sampling Method

    salvage

  • Date Visited From

    8/12/2016

  • Date Visited To

    8/12/2016

  • 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

    1.3km NW from Ned Neales Beach Access, Sandy Point

  • Latitude

    -38.8214

  • Longitude

    146.099

  • Geodetic Datum

    WGS84

  • Georeference Source

    data provided with specimen(s)

  • Georeference Protocol

    AMG conversion, collection or Gazetteer