Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski, 1781)

Object Details

Collector

A. Van De Venter

Ocean/Sea/Gulf

North Pacific Ocean, Bering Sea

Item was destructively sampled. Tissue and/or parts (small quantity of bone dust) were sent to Mark Todd Clementz, University of Wyoming, on 17 Feb 2009. For reference, see Transaction No. 2049878

Item was destructively sampled. Tissue and/or parts (1 g of bone dust) were sent to Christyann Darwent, University of California, Davis, on 24 Jun 2012. For reference, see Transaction No. 2063024

Record Last Modified

3 Apr 2020

Specimen Count

1

Collection Date

15 Aug 1939

Accession Number

157799

Other Numbers

Whale Field Number 1 : 074

USNM Number

269982

Length - Total

1417 cm

Preparation

Skull

Sex

Female

Place

Akutan, Off Akutan, Aleutian Islands, Alaska, United States, North America, North Pacific Ocean

Published Name

Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski, 1781)

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Vertebrate Zoology

Mammals

Taxonomy

Animalia, Chordata, Vertebrata, Mammalia, Eutheria, Cetacea, Mysticeti, Balaenopteridae

NMNH - Vertebrate Zoology - Mammals Division

Record ID

nmnhvz_7507532

Usage of Metadata (Object Detail Text)

CC0

GUID (Link to Original Record)

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/38b9fae3e-c5e1-428b-8613-6ef414325d71