Specimen Details

  • Taxon Name

    Mastacomys fuscus

  • Author and date of publication

    Thomas, 1882

  • Preferred Common name

    Broad-toothed Rat

  • Other Common Names

    Broad-toothed Mouse, Broad-toothed Mastacomys

  • Date Identified

    04/12/2014

  • Identified By

    Stella Shipway - Museum Victoria

  • Number Of Specimens

    1

  • Specimen Nature

    Nature: Scat, Form: Frozen

  • Tissue Details

    Type: Scat

  • Date of preparation

    04/12/2014

  • Date Collected From

    04/12/2014

  • Date Collected To

    04/12/2014

  • Collected By

    Stella Shipway - Museum Victoria

  • Collection Event Code

    Mfuscus2014-SAS061

  • Sampling Method

    visual search

  • Date Visited From

    4/12/2014 12:48 PM

  • Date Visited To

    4/12/2014 1:30 PM

  • Category

    Natural Sciences

  • Scientific Group

    Vertebrate Zoology

  • Discipline

    DNA Laboratory

  • Collecting Areas

    Tissue and DNA

  • Type of Item

    Specimen

Taxonomy

Geospatial Information

  • Site Code

    Yarra Ranges Y

  • Country

    Australia

  • State

    Victoria

  • Nearest Named Place

    Woods Point

  • Precise Location

    Maori Creek, off Mansfield Woods Point Road, 10.1 km SxSE (158.5°) of Gaffneys Creek. 3.2 km NW (304.6°) of Woods Point

  • Minimum Elevation

    756

  • Maximum Elevation

    756

  • Latitude

    -37.5562

  • Longitude

    146.229

  • Geodetic Datum

    GDA94

  • Georeference Source

    Collector

  • Georeference Protocol

    GPS

  • Georeference Date

    2014-12-04T00:00:00

  • Georeference By

    Stella Shipway - Museum Victoria