Specimen Details

  • Taxon Name

    Megaptera novaeangliae

  • Author and date of publication

    Borowski, 1781

  • Preferred Common name

    Humpback Whale

  • Number Of Specimens

    1

  • Stage Or Age

    Juvenile

  • Specimen Nature

    Nature: Tissue, Form: frozen

  • Tissue Details

    Type: Blubber, Skin, Storage temperature: -196°C

  • Tissue sampled from

    Museums Victoria specimen VIR 3810

  • Collected By

    Anthony (Tony) Mitchell - Department of Sustainability and Environment, Wendy Eisner

  • Sampling Method

    salvage

  • Date Visited From

    28/07/2011

  • Date Visited To

    28/07/2011

  • 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

    Corner Inlet

  • Precise Location

    Dream Island

  • Minimum Elevation

    0

  • Maximum Elevation

    0

  • Latitude

    -38.773

  • Longitude

    146.337

  • Geodetic Datum

    WGS84

  • Georeference Source

    Google Maps

  • Georeference Protocol

    Approximation

  • Georeference Date

    2019-09-30T00:00:00

  • Georeference By

    Ricky-Lee Erickson - Museums Victoria