Specimen Details

  • Taxon Name

    Rattus lutreolus

  • Author and date of publication

    (Gray, 1841)

  • Preferred Common name

    Australian Swamp Rat

  • Date Identified

    20/03/2018

  • Identified By

    Phoebe Burns - Museum Victoria

  • Number Of Specimens

    1

  • Sex

    Female

  • Stage Or Age

    Sub-adult

  • Specimen Nature

    Nature: Tissue, Form: frozen, Medium: ethanol 70%

  • Tissue Details

    Type: Ear, Preservative: ethanol 70%, Storage temperature: -196°C

  • Date of preparation

    20/03/2018

  • Collected By

    Phoebe Burns - Museum Victoria

  • Collection Event Code

    PBurns2018 2014

  • Sampling Method

    Elliott trap

  • Date Visited From

    20/03/2018

  • Date Visited To

    20/03/2018

  • Category

    Natural Sciences

  • Scientific Group

    Vertebrate Zoology

  • Discipline

    DNA Laboratory

  • Collecting Areas

    Tissue and DNA

  • Type of Item

    Specimen

Taxonomy

Geospatial Information

  • Site Code

    VR01

  • Country

    Australia

  • State

    Victoria

  • Nearest Named Place

    Grampians National Park

  • Precise Location

    Grampians National Park, 0.9 km SE (137.3°) of Victoria Range Road, 1.3 km N (3.1°) of intersection of Victoria Range Road and Sawmill Track

  • Minimum Elevation

    564

  • Maximum Elevation

    620

  • Latitude

    -37.3407

  • Longitude

    142.302

  • Geodetic Datum

    WGS84

  • Site Radius

    100

  • Georeference Source

    Collector

  • Georeference Protocol

    gps

  • Georeference By

    Kevin C. Rowe - Museum Victoria