Specimen Details

  • Taxon Name

    Tursiops truncatus

  • Preferred Common name

    Bottlenose Dolphin

  • Number Of Specimens

    1

  • Sex

    Female

  • Specimen Nature

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

  • Tissue Details

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

  • Date of preparation

    20/02/2025

  • Tissue sampled from

    Museums Victoria specimen VIR 5792

  • Collected By

    Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action (DEECA)

  • Date Visited From

    27/12/2021

  • Date Visited To

    27/12/2021

  • Category

    Natural Sciences

  • Scientific Group

    Vertebrate Zoology

  • Discipline

    DNA Laboratory

  • Collecting Areas

    Tissue and DNA

  • Type of Item

    Specimen

Taxonomy

Geospatial Information

  • Continent

    Australia

  • Country

    Australia

  • State

    Victoria

  • Nearest Named Place

    Lake Tyers

  • Precise Location

    1km west of Lake Tyers Beach

  • Latitude

    -37.8634

  • Longitude

    148.075

  • Geodetic Datum

    WGS84

  • Georeference Source

    data provided with specimen(s)

  • Georeference Protocol

    Google Maps Estimated