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

    17/11/2020

  • Identified By

    Dr Kevin C. Rowe - Museums Victoria

  • Number Of Specimens

    1

  • Sex

    Male

  • Stage Or Age

    Sub-Adult

  • Specimen Nature

    Nature: Tissue, Form: Frozen, Fixative treatment: ethanol 95%, Medium: ethanol 95%

  • Tissue Details

    Type: Scat, Preservative: ethanol 95%

  • Date of preparation

    17/11/2020

  • Tissue sampled from

    Museums Victoria specimen Z 62976

  • Date Collected From

    17/11/2020

  • Date Collected To

    17/11/2020

  • Collected By

    Dr Kevin C. Rowe - Museums Victoria

  • Collection Event Code

    KCRoweVIC010

  • Sampling Method

    Elliott trap

  • Date Visited From

    17/11/2020

  • Date Visited To

    17/11/2020

  • Category

    Natural Sciences

  • Scientific Group

    Vertebrate Zoology

  • Discipline

    DNA Laboratory

  • Collecting Areas

    Tissue and DNA

  • Type of Item

    Specimen

Taxonomy

Geospatial Information

  • Site Code

    Cowombat Tk New 02

  • Country

    Australia

  • State

    Victoria

  • Nearest Named Place

    Alpine National Park

  • Precise Location

    Cowombat Track, 1.24 km ENE (85 degrees) from intersection of Cowombat Track and Limestone Road

  • Minimum Elevation

    1300

  • Maximum Elevation

    1302

  • Latitude

    -36.8768

  • Longitude

    148.097

  • Geodetic Datum

    WGS84

  • Site Radius

    50

  • Georeference Source

    Collector

  • Georeference Protocol

    GPS

  • Georeference Date

    2020-11-17T00:00:00

  • Georeference By

    Dr Kevin C. Rowe - Museums Victoria