Specimen Details

  • Taxon Name

    Rattus fuscipes

  • Author and date of publication

    Waterhouse, 1839

  • Preferred Common name

    Australian Bush Rat

  • Date Identified

    15/12/2020

  • Identified By

    Dr Kevin C. Rowe - Museums Victoria

  • Number Of Specimens

    1

  • Sex

    Male

  • Stage Or Age

    Adult

  • Specimen Nature

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

  • Tissue Details

    Type: Scat, Preservative: ethanol 95%

  • Date of preparation

    15/12/2020

  • Tissue sampled from

    Museums Victoria specimen Z 67357

  • Date Collected From

    15/12/2020

  • Date Collected To

    15/12/2020

  • Collected By

    Dr Kevin C. Rowe - Museums Victoria

  • Collection Event Code

    KCRoweVIC024

  • Sampling Method

    Elliott trap

  • Date Visited From

    15/12/2020

  • Date Visited To

    15/12/2020

  • Category

    Natural Sciences

  • Scientific Group

    Vertebrate Zoology

  • Discipline

    DNA Laboratory

  • Collecting Areas

    Tissue and DNA

  • Type of Item

    Specimen

Taxonomy

Geospatial Information

  • Site Code

    Otways I

  • Country

    Australia

  • State

    Victoria

  • Nearest Named Place

    Parker Inlet

  • Precise Location

    4.4 km ExNE (73.6°) of Cape Otway Lighthouse, 3.0 km SW (224.9°) of Blanket Bay

  • Minimum Elevation

    10

  • Maximum Elevation

    10

  • Latitude

    -38.8447

  • Longitude

    143.559

  • Geodetic Datum

    GDA94

  • Site Radius

    100

  • Georeference Source

    Collector

  • Georeference Protocol

    GPS

  • Georeference Date

    2014-10-28T00:00:00

  • Georeference By

    Stella Shipway - Museum Victoria