Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski, 1781)

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Object Details

Collector

A. Van De Venter

Ocean/Sea/Gulf

North Pacific Ocean, Bering Sea

Notes

Tl 46 ft 6 in ; fetus is presumed to be 269983.

Record Last Modified

15 Aug 2024

Specimen Count

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

Data Source

NMNH - Vertebrate Zoology - Mammals Division

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

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

Record ID

nmnhvz_7507532