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Ocean/Sea/Gulf:
North Atlantic Ocean  Search this
Length - Total:
420 cm
Sex:
Female
Type Citation:
Forster. 1770. Travels Into North America, 1. 18, ftn.
Type Status:
Type
Place:
Malden, Near, Greater London, England, United Kingdom, Europe, North Atlantic Ocean
Collection Date:
23 Sep 1717
Notes:
Tl 14 ft, reference Silas Tailor - History and antiquities of Harwich and Dover-Court with notes and observations relating to natural history, London 1730, stranded in early 1700's. specimen apparently not preserved. ;
Forster, J. R. (1770). "untitled footnote in volume 1, p. 18 in: Kalm, P. 1770-71." in: Kalm, P. 1770-71 Travels into North America. Translated into English by John R. Foster, Published by the editor, London, 3 Vols.
Type of Balaena ampullata Forster 1770.
Pennant, T. (1776). British Zoology. Volume III Class III. Reptiles. IV. Fish., V. the Beaked whale. London, Benjamin White. pp. 41, pl. v, fig. i, 59-60.
holotype
Record Last Modified:
8 Dec 2017
Specimen Count:
1
Taxonomy:
Animalia, Chordata, Vertebrata, Mammalia, Eutheria, Cetacea, Odontoceti, Ziphiidae
Published Name:
Hyperoodon ampullatus (Forster, 1770)
Hyperoodon ampullatus ampullatus
Balaena ampullata Forster, 1770
Other Numbers:
Whale Field Number 1 : No Number
USNM Number:
STR1618
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Vertebrate Zoology
Mammals
Data Source:
NMNH - Vertebrate Zoology - Mammals Division
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/31ec53601-ffca-4a23-9537-a056935d797f
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhvz_7517639