Phocoenoides dalli (True, 1885)

There are restrictions for re-using this image. For more information, visit the Smithsonian's Terms of Use page .

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more.

View manifest View in Mirador Viewer

Object Details

Bay/Sound

Alaska Canada Coastal Waters

Collector

V. B. Scheffer

Ocean/Sea/Gulf

North Pacific Ocean, Alaska Canada Coastal Waters, Alaska Canada Coastal Waters

Notes

James Mead purchased a watercolor painting of this specimen that had been done by Karl Kenyon at the 16th Biennial Conference of the Society for Marine Mammalogy, San Diego, 12-16 December 2005.. The painting was found by William Perrin at a garage sale in 1991. Perrin wrote to Kenyon and got a letter back that said this specimen had been taken en-riute from Petersburg to Juneau on the "Black Douglas".

Record Last Modified

20 Dec 2023

Specimen Count

Collection Date

8 Nov 1948

Accession Number

183185

Other Numbers

Whale Field Number 1 : BDM 291

USNM Number

276394

Weight - Total

109 kg

Preparation

Skull

Sex

Male

Place

Frederick Sound, Alaska, United States, North America, North Pacific Ocean

Published Name

Phocoenoides dalli (True, 1885)

See more items in

Vertebrate Zoology

Mammals

Taxonomy

Animalia, Chordata, Vertebrata, Mammalia, Eutheria, Cetacea, Odontoceti, Phocoenidae

Data Source

NMNH - Vertebrate Zoology - Mammals Division

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3fd5a3b67-dfce-43b9-8f96-8a6fd544398a

Record ID

nmnhvz_7507587