Specimen Details

  • Taxon Name

    Tachyglossus aculeatus

  • Author and date of publication

    (Shaw, 1792)

  • Preferred Common name

    Short-beaked Echidna

  • Date Identified

    22/01/2002

  • Identified By

    Peter Wright - DSE Colac

  • Number Of Specimens

    1

  • Sex

    Female

  • Stage Or Age

    adult

  • Specimen Nature

    Nature: Skin, Form: Dry

  • Date of preparation

    07/08/2017

  • Collected By

    Peter Wright - DSE Colac

  • Sampling Method

    salvage

  • Date Visited From

    22/01/2002

  • Date Visited To

    22/01/2002

  • Category

    Natural Sciences

  • Scientific Group

    Vertebrate Zoology

  • Discipline

    Mammalogy

  • Collecting Areas

    Mammalogy

  • Type of Item

    Specimen

Taxonomy

Geospatial Information

  • Country

    Australia

  • State

    Victoria

  • Nearest Named Place

    Gerangamete

  • Precise Location

    Gerangamete, Colac-Forrest Road

  • Latitude

    -38.454

  • Longitude

    143.685

  • Geodetic Datum

    WGS84

  • Georeference Source

    Google Maps

  • Georeference Protocol

    estimated from Google maps

  • Georeference Date

    2017-10-26T00:00:00

  • Georeference By

    Laura E. Cook - Museums Victoria