Specimen Details

  • Taxon Name

    Trichosurus vulpecula

  • Author and date of publication

    (Kerr, 1792)

  • Preferred Common name

    Common Brushtail Possum

  • Date Identified

    09/03/2023

  • Identified By

    Dr Kylea Clarke - Museum Victoria

  • Number Of Specimens

    1

  • Sex

    Male

  • Specimen Nature

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

  • Tissue Details

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

  • Date of preparation

    20/04/2023

  • Tissue sampled from

    Museums Victoria specimen C 41291

  • Collected By

    Rhyll Plant

  • Sampling Method

    salvage

  • Category

    Natural Sciences

  • Scientific Group

    Vertebrate Zoology

  • Discipline

    DNA Laboratory

  • Collecting Areas

    Mammalogy

  • Type of Item

    Specimen

Taxonomy

Geospatial Information

  • Country

    Australia

  • State

    Victoria

  • Precise Location

    Chewton

  • Latitude

    -37.08

  • Longitude

    144.27

  • Geodetic Datum

    WGS84

  • Georeference Protocol

    AMG conversion, collection or Gazetteer