Specimen Details

  • Taxon Name

    Rattus rattus

  • Author and date of publication

    (Linnaeus, 1758)

  • Preferred Common name

    Black Rat

  • Other Common Names

    Roof rat

  • Identified By

    Dr Kevin C. Rowe - Museums Victoria

  • Sex

    Unknown

  • Stage Or Age

    Adult

  • Specimen Nature

    Nature: cell, Form: Frozen, Fixative treatment: Cryopreservation medium, Medium: Cryopreservation medium

  • Tissue Details

    Type: Cell, Preservative: Cryopreservation medium, Storage temperature: -196°C

  • Date of preparation

    21/10/2022

  • Tissue sampled from

    Museums Victoria specimen Z 69760

  • Date Collected From

    18/10/2022

  • Collected By

    Dr Kevin C. Rowe - Museums Victoria

  • Collection Event Code

    Grampians2021_0022

  • Date Visited From

    18/10/2022

  • Date Visited To

    18/10/2022

  • 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, Victoria Range Track, 2.4km by road E of intersection with Sawmill Track

  • Minimum Elevation

    415

  • Maximum Elevation

    416

  • Latitude

    -37.3405

  • Longitude

    142.302

  • Geodetic Datum

    GDA94

  • Georeference Source

    Collector

  • Georeference Protocol

    GARMIN GPSmap 62s

  • Georeference By

    Phoebe Burns - Museum Victoria