Specimen Details

  • Taxon Name

    Rattus fuscipes

  • Author and date of publication

    Waterhouse, 1839

  • Preferred Common name

    Australian Bush Rat

  • Date Identified

    07/06/2016

  • Identified By

    Phoebe Burns - Museum Victoria

  • Number Of Specimens

    1

  • Sex

    Female

  • Stage Or Age

    Adult

  • Specimen Nature

    Nature: Tissue, Form: Frozen, Fixative treatment: ethanol 70%, Medium: ethanol 70%

  • Tissue Details

    Type: Ear, Preservative: ethanol 70%

  • Date of preparation

    7/06/2016

  • Date Collected From

    07/06/2016

  • Date Collected To

    07/06/2016

  • Collected By

    Phoebe Burns - Museum Victoria

  • Collection Event Code

    Pburns 2015 0073a

  • Sampling Method

    Elliott trap

  • Date Visited From

    7/06/2016 8:40 AM

  • Date Visited To

    7/06/2016 3:48 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

    NB42-B

  • Country

    Australia

  • State

    Victoria

  • Nearest Named Place

    Yanakie Isthmus, Wilsons Promontory National Park

  • Precise Location

    0.38km NW (320° true) of junction of Back Drift Tk and Grasslands Tk. 3.5km SSW (198° true) of WPNP gate

  • Minimum Elevation

    25

  • Maximum Elevation

    26

  • Latitude

    -38.8869

  • Longitude

    146.239

  • Geodetic Datum

    WGS84

  • Georeference Source

    Collector

  • Georeference Protocol

    GPS

  • Georeference By

    Phoebe Burns - Museum Victoria