Specimen Details

  • Taxon Name

    Rattus lutreolus

  • Author and date of publication

    (Gray, 1841)

  • Preferred Common name

    Australian Swamp Rat

  • Date Identified

    30/09/2016

  • Identified By

    Stella Shipway - Museum Victoria

  • Number Of Specimens

    1

  • Sex

    Male

  • 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

    30/09/2016

  • Date Collected From

    30/09/2016

  • Date Collected To

    30/09/2016

  • Collected By

    Stella Shipway - Museum Victoria, Chanel Bowen

  • Sampling Method

    Elliot trap

  • Date Visited From

    30/09/2016 8:48 AM

  • Date Visited To

    30/09/2016

  • Category

    Natural Sciences

  • Scientific Group

    Vertebrate Zoology

  • Discipline

    DNA Laboratory

  • Collecting Areas

    Tissue and DNA

  • Type of Item

    Specimen

Taxonomy

Geospatial Information

  • Site Code

    VR08

  • Country

    Australia

  • State

    Victoria

  • Nearest Named Place

    Grampians National Park

  • Precise Location

    Grampians National Park, Victoria Range, off Victoria Range Road

  • Minimum Elevation

    546

  • Maximum Elevation

    591

  • Latitude

    -37.3466

  • Longitude

    142.294

  • Geodetic Datum

    GDA94

  • Georeference Source

    Collector

  • Georeference Protocol

    GARMIN GPSmap 62s

  • Georeference By

    Phoebe Burns - Museum Victoria