Specimen Details

  • Taxon Name

    Megaptera novaeangliae

  • Author and date of publication

    Borowski, 1781

  • Preferred Common name

    Humpback Whale

  • Number Of Specimens

    1

  • Specimen Nature

    Nature: Tissue, Form: frozen, Fixative treatment: ethanol 96%, Medium: ethanol 96%

  • Tissue Details

    Type: blubber, muscle, Preservative: ethanol 96%, Storage temperature: -196°C; Storage temperature: -196°C

  • Tissue sampled from

    Museums Victoria specimen VIR 3830

  • Collected By

    Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning (DELWP)

  • Sampling Method

    salvage

  • Date Visited From

    27/11/2018

  • Date Visited To

    27/11/2018

  • 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

  • Nearest Named Place

    Croajingolong National Park

  • Precise Location

    Croajingolong National Park, near Rame Head

  • Latitude

    -37.7749

  • Longitude

    149.422

  • Geodetic Datum

    WGS84

  • Georeference Source

    data provided with specimen(s)