Specimen Details

  • Taxon Name

    Rattus rattus

  • Author and date of publication

    (Linnaeus, 1758)

  • Preferred Common name

    Black Rat

  • Other Common Names

    Roof rat

  • Date Identified

    30/01/2018

  • Identified By

    Kevin C. Rowe - Museum Victoria

  • Number Of Specimens

    1

  • Sex

    Male

  • Stage Or Age

    adult

  • Specimen Nature

    Nature: Spirit, Form: Wet, Fixative treatment: ethanol 95%, Medium: ethanol 95%

  • Date of preparation

    30/01/2018

  • Collected By

    Stella Shipway - Museum Victoria

  • Sampling Method

    salvage

  • Date Visited From

    25/11/2017

  • Date Visited To

    25/11/2017

  • Category

    Natural Sciences

  • Scientific Group

    Vertebrate Zoology

  • Discipline

    Mammalogy

  • Collecting Areas

    Mammalogy

  • Type of Item

    Specimen

Taxonomy

Geospatial Information

  • Site Code

    VR15

  • Country

    Australia

  • State

    Victoria

  • Nearest Named Place

    Grampians National Park

  • Precise Location

    Grampians National Park, 2km WNW (291.3°) junction of Sawmill Tk and Syphon Rd

  • Minimum Elevation

    428

  • Maximum Elevation

    635

  • Latitude

    -37.3039

  • Longitude

    142.342

  • Geodetic Datum

    WGS84

  • Site Radius

    150

  • Georeference Source

    Collector

  • Georeference Protocol

    gps

  • Georeference Date

    2017-11-25T00:00:00

  • Georeference By

    Stella Shipway - Museum Victoria