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, blubber, Form: frozen, Medium: ethanol 96%

  • Date of preparation

    3/01/2020

  • Tissue sampled from

    Museums Victoria specimen VIR 3956

  • Sampling Method

    salvage

  • Date Visited From

    17/11/2015

  • Date Visited To

    17/11/2015

  • 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

    Warrnambool

  • Precise Location

    Levys Beach

  • Latitude

    -38.377

  • Longitude

    142.432

  • Geodetic Datum

    WGS84

  • Georeference Source

    Google Maps

  • Georeference Protocol

    Approximation

  • Georeference Date

    2020-01-09T00:00:00

  • Georeference By

    Dr Kylea Clarke - Museum Victoria