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Eschrichtius robustus (Lilljeborg, 1861)

National Museum of Natural History

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Collector
R. C. Andrews
Ocean/Sea/Gulf
North Pacific Ocean, Korea Strait
Andrews, R. C. (1914). "Monographs of the Pacific Cetacea. 1. The California gray whale (Rhachianectes glaucus Cope)." Memoirs of the American Museum of Natural History, New Series, 1(5):227-287, pls. 19-27. This monographs cpovers whales that were taken in 1909-10. The present specimen was taken in January of 1912 and so the details of it are not covered in this monograph.
Redman, N. (2017). Whales' bones of the Americas, South Atlantic and Antarctica - Canada, United States of America (except Hawaii), Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, The Bahamas, Bequia, Bonaire, Cuba, Curayao, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Martinique, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay, Venezuela, British Antarctic Territory, Falkland Islands, South Georgia. Teddington, England, Redman Publishing. page 46, 64.
Record Last Modified
21 Sep 2020
Specimen Count
1
Collection Date
Jan 1912
Accession Number
058056
Other Numbers
Whale Field Number 1 : No Number
SI Negative Number : 9787-A
SI Negative Number : 17129
SI Negative Number : 129-C
USNM Number
199527
Length - Total
1200 cm
Prep Count
3
Preparation
Photograph
Skull
Skeleton
Remarks
Views of skeleton
Sex
Male
Place
Ulsan, Kyongsang-Namdo, Korea, Asia, North Pacific Ocean
Published Name
Eschrichtius robustus (Lilljeborg, 1861)
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Mammals
Taxonomy
Animalia, Chordata, Vertebrata, Mammalia, Eutheria, Cetacea, Mysticeti, Eschrichtiidae
NMNH - Vertebrate Zoology - Mammals Division
Record ID
nmnhvz_7507204
Usage of Metadata (Object Detail Text)
CC0
GUID (Link to Original Record)
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3e3e5d83c-bc61-4129-aad6-ddd73b3e9eee
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