Specimen Details

  • Taxon Name

    Hydromys chrysogaster

  • Author and date of publication

    É. Geoffroy, 1804

  • Preferred Common name

    Common Water Rat

  • Other Common Names

    Golden-bellied Water Rat, Rakali

  • Date Identified

    19/10/2018

  • Identified By

    Dr David Hocking - Monash University

  • Number Of Specimens

    1

  • Sex

    Male

  • Specimen Nature

    Nature: Tissue, Form: frozen, Fixative treatment: RNALater, Medium: RNALater

  • Tissue Details

    Type: Spleen, Preservative: RNAlater, Storage temperature: -196°C; Storage temperature: -196°C

  • Date of preparation

    14/11/2018

  • Tissue sampled from

    Museums Victoria specimen C 39959

  • Collected By

    Dr David Hocking - Monash University

  • Sampling Method

    salvage

  • Date Visited From

    19/10/2018

  • Date Visited To

    19/10/2018

  • 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

  • Town

    Rowville

  • Precise Location

    Wellington Road bridge, crossing Dandenong Creek, Tirhatuan Wetlands

  • Latitude

    -37.9245

  • Longitude

    145.206

  • Geodetic Datum

    WGS84

  • Georeference Source

    Collector

  • Georeference Protocol

    Google maps

  • Georeference Date

    2018-10-19T00:00:00

  • Georeference By

    Dr David Hocking - Monash University