Specimen Details

  • Taxon Name

    Balaenoptera acutorostrata

  • Preferred Common name

    Dwarf Minke Whale

  • Other Common Names

    Common Minke Whale

  • Date Identified

    01/09/2016

  • Identified By

    Dr Erich Fitzgerald - Museum Victoria

  • Number Of Specimens

    1

  • Sex

    Male

  • Specimen Nature

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

  • Tissue Details

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

  • Date of preparation

    03/03/2017

  • Tissue sampled from

    Museums Victoria specimen C 38158.2

  • Collected By

    Bentley A. Bird - Museum Victoria, Steven Sparrey - Museum Victoria, Michael Pennell - Museum Victoria

  • Sampling Method

    salvage

  • Date Visited From

    5/09/2016

  • Date Visited To

    5/09/2016

  • 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

    Wonthaggi, Baxter's Beach

  • Latitude

    -38.6086

  • Longitude

    145.535

  • Geodetic Datum

    WGS84

  • Georeference Source

    Google Earth

  • Georeference Protocol

    estimated from map

  • Georeference Date

    2016-09-08T00:00:00

  • Georeference By

    Bentley A. Bird - Museum Victoria