Specimen Details

  • Taxon Name

    Megaptera novaeangliae

  • Author and date of publication

    Borowski, 1781

  • Preferred Common name

    Humpback Whale

  • Date Identified

    06/11/2011

  • Identified By

    Tony Mitchell

  • Number Of Specimens

    1

  • Sex

    Male

  • Stage Or Age

    adult

  • Specimen Nature

    Nature: Tissue, Form: frozen

  • Tissue Details

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

  • Date of preparation

    7/02/2023

  • Tissue sampled from

    Museums Victoria specimen VIR 5261

  • Collected By

    Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning (DELWP)

  • Sampling Method

    salvage

  • Date Visited From

    6/11/2011

  • Date Visited To

    6/11/2011

  • Category

    Natural Sciences

  • Scientific Group

    Vertebrate Zoology

  • Discipline

    DNA Laboratory

  • Collecting Areas

    Tissue and DNA

  • Type of Item

    Specimen

Taxonomy

Geospatial Information

  • Country

    Australia

  • State

    Victoria

  • Nearest Named Place

    Mallacoota

  • Precise Location

    Shipwreck Creek beach

  • Latitude

    -37.6472

  • Longitude

    149.701

  • Geodetic Datum

    WGS84

  • Georeference Source

    data provided with specimen(s)

  • Georeference Protocol

    UTM conversion

  • Georeference Date

    2023-02-07T00:00:00

  • Georeference By

    Dr Kylea Clarke - Museum Victoria