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Collector:

Capt. Shorey

Ocean/Sea/Gulf:

Arctic Ocean, Chukchi Sea

Preparation:

Photograph

Remarks:

Lower lip

Sex:

Unknown

Place:

Bering Strait, North Of Bering Strait, Locality Unknown, Locality Unknown, Arctic Ocean

Taxonomy:

Animalia Chordata Mammalia Cetacea Balaenidae

Published Name:

Balaena mysticetus Linnaeus, 1758

Other Numbers:

Whale Field Number 1 : No Number

SI Negative Number : 34499

USNM Number:

STR1986

Specimen Count:

1

Record Last Modified:

24 May 2007

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Data Source:

NMNH - Vertebrate Zoology - Mammals Division

Record ID:

nmnhvz_7517942

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Collector:

Collector Unknown

Ocean/Sea/Gulf:

North Atlantic Ocean, Davis Strait

Sex:

Male

Place:

Holsteinsborg, Greenland, North America, North Atlantic Ocean

Collection Date:

1859

Taxonomy:

Animalia Chordata Mammalia Cetacea Balaenidae

Published Name:

Balaena mysticetus Linnaeus, 1758

Other Numbers:

Whale Field Number 1 : No Number

USNM Number:

STR18326

Specimen Count:

1

Notes:

Caught in the winter of 1859-1860

Eschricht & Reinhardt 1866:53, pl 2 fig 1,2,4

Record Last Modified:

23 Oct 2012

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Record ID:

nmnhvz_10466520

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Collector:

Collector Unknown

Ocean/Sea/Gulf:

Locality Unknown

Sex:

Unknown

Stage:

Fetus

Place:

Locality Unknown, Locality Unknown, Locality Unknown, Locality Unknown

Taxonomy:

Animalia Chordata Mammalia Cetacea Balaenidae

Published Name:

Balaena mysticetus Linnaeus, 1758

Other Numbers:

Whale Field Number 1 : No Number

USNM Number:

STR14164

Specimen Count:

1

Record Last Modified:

5 Aug 2011

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Data Source:

NMNH - Vertebrate Zoology - Mammals Division

Record ID:

nmnhvz_10068944

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Collector:

Collector Unknown

Ocean/Sea/Gulf:

North Atlantic Ocean, Davis Strait

Preparation:

Skull

Sex:

Male

Stage:

Adult

Place:

Holsteinsborg, Greenland, North America, North Atlantic Ocean

Collection Date:

1869

Taxonomy:

Animalia Chordata Mammalia Cetacea Balaenidae

Published Name:

Balaena mysticetus Linnaeus, 1758

Other Numbers:

Whale Field Number 1 : No Number

USNM Number:

STR18322

Specimen Count:

1

Notes:

Adult male, acquired by Reinhardt, cataloged 1869, no. 758.

Gervais 1871:78, pl. 4

Record Last Modified:

24 Oct 2012

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Data Source:

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Record ID:

nmnhvz_10466523

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Collector:

Collector Unknown

Ocean/Sea/Gulf:

Locality Unknown

Sex:

Unknown

Place:

Locality Unknown, Locality Unknown, Locality Unknown, Locality Unknown, Locality Unknown

Taxonomy:

Animalia Chordata Mammalia Cetacea Balaenidae

Published Name:

Balaena mysticetus Linnaeus, 1758

Other Numbers:

Whale Field Number 1 : No Number

USNM Number:

STR14165

Specimen Count:

1

Notes:

Van Beneden & Gervais 1880, Pls. 4&5, Figs. 1,2,5-29

Adult; frpm, Museum of Brussels; Flower 1865, 1866

Record Last Modified:

16 Sep 2011

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Record ID:

nmnhvz_10075948

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Collector:

Collector Unknown

Ocean/Sea/Gulf:

North Atlantic Ocean

Sex:

Unknown

Place:

Greenland, North America, North Atlantic Ocean

Taxonomy:

Animalia Chordata Mammalia Cetacea Balaenidae

Published Name:

Balaena mysticetus Linnaeus, 1758

Other Numbers:

Whale Field Number 1 : No Number

USNM Number:

STR15351

Specimen Count:

1

Record Last Modified:

8 Mar 2011

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Data Source:

NMNH - Vertebrate Zoology - Mammals Division

Record ID:

nmnhvz_10036000

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Collector:

Collector Unknown

Ocean/Sea/Gulf:

Locality Unknown

Sex:

Unknown

Stage:

Fetus

Place:

Locality Unknown, Locality Unknown, Locality Unknown, Locality Unknown

Taxonomy:

Animalia Chordata Mammalia Cetacea Balaenidae

Published Name:

Balaena mysticetus Linnaeus, 1758

Other Numbers:

Whale Field Number 1 : No Number

USNM Number:

STR14166

Specimen Count:

1

Notes:

Van Beneden & Gervais 1880, Pl. 4-5, Figs. 3-4, Pl. 6, figs. 1,4,5,7-9

Record Last Modified:

16 Sep 2011

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Record ID:

nmnhvz_10065638

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Collector:

Mr. Olrik

Ocean/Sea/Gulf:

North Atlantic Ocean, Davis Strait

Preparation:

Skeleton

Sex:

Female

Place:

Holsteinsborg?, Greenland, North America, North Atlantic Ocean

Collection Date:

1857

Taxonomy:

Animalia Chordata Mammalia Cetacea Balaenidae

Published Name:

Balaena mysticetus Linnaeus, 1758

Other Numbers:

Whale Field Number 1 : No Number

USNM Number:

STR18327

Specimen Count:

1

Notes:

Sent to the Royal Museum of Natural History in 1857 by Mr. Olrick.; TL 22'4" (Danish).

Eschricht & Reinhardt 1866:53, pl 2 fig 3

Record Last Modified:

23 Oct 2012

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Record ID:

nmnhvz_10466518

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Collector:

Collector Unknown

Ocean/Sea/Gulf:

Locality Unknown

Sex:

Unknown

Place:

Locality Unknown, Locality Unknown, Locality Unknown, Locality Unknown, Locality Unknown

Taxonomy:

Animalia Chordata Mammalia Cetacea Balaenidae

Published Name:

Balaena mysticetus Linnaeus, 1758

Other Numbers:

Whale Field Number 1 : No Number

USNM Number:

STR14167

Specimen Count:

1

Notes:

Van Beneden & Gervais 1880. Pl. 6, figs. 6, 15; Eschricht & Reinhardt 1861 On the Greenland right whale, p. 139, Pl. 2, fig. 4.

Adult from Musseum of Copenhagen; bulla tympanitis, pelvis; After Eschright & Reinhardt's posterior limb - Pl. 2, fig. 4.

Record Last Modified:

16 Sep 2011

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Record ID:

nmnhvz_10075996

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Collector:

Capt. Holboll

Ocean/Sea/Gulf:

North Atlantic Ocean, Davis Strait

Sex:

Male

Place:

Greenland, North America, North Atlantic Ocean

Collection Date:

1846

Taxonomy:

Animalia Chordata Mammalia Cetacea Balaenidae

Published Name:

Balaena mysticetus Linnaeus, 1758

Other Numbers:

Whale Field Number 1 : No Number

USNM Number:

STR18325

Specimen Count:

1

Notes:

Given in 1846 by Capt. Holboll to the Zootomical and Physiological Museum of the University of Copenhagen. Tl 48' 10.5" English, 47'5' Danish.

Eschricht & Reinhardt 1866:52, pl 2 fig 1,2

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23 Oct 2012

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Record ID:

nmnhvz_10466522

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Collector:

J. A. Ford

Ocean/Sea/Gulf:

Arctic Ocean, Beaufort Sea

Preparation:

Skull

Partial Skull

Baleen

Remarks:

Ear bone (periotics)

6 plates

Sex:

Female

Place:

Point Barrow, 5 Miles Off Iglurak Island, Alaska, United States, North America, Arctic Ocean

Collection Date:

14 Sep 1931

Taxonomy:

Animalia Chordata Mammalia Cetacea Balaenidae

Published Name:

Balaena mysticetus Linnaeus, 1758

Accession Number:

121774

Other Numbers:

Whale Field Number 1 : No Number

USNM Number:

257513

Specimen Count:

1

Record Last Modified:

25 Apr 2013

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Record ID:

nmnhvz_7507422

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Collector:

Frederick W. True

D. W. Prentiss

Ocean/Sea/Gulf:

North Pacific Ocean, Bering Sea

Preparation:

Partial Skull

Photograph

Remarks:

Ear bone (right periotic), "zoltoi" earbones

Photos of skull, jaw, and vertebrae

Sex:

Unknown

Place:

Saint Paul Island, Pribilof Islands, Alaska, United States, North America, North Pacific Ocean

Collection Date:

1895

Taxonomy:

Animalia Chordata Mammalia Cetacea Balaenidae

Published Name:

Balaena mysticetus Linnaeus, 1758

Accession Number:

030055

Other Numbers:

Whale Field Number 1 : No Number

USNM Number:

63301

Specimen Count:

1

Record Last Modified:

25 Apr 2013

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Record ID:

nmnhvz_7507154

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Collector:

Maj. Fasting

Ocean/Sea/Gulf:

North Atlantic Ocean, Davis Strait

Preparation:

Skeleton

Sex:

Female

Stage:

Fetus

Place:

Godhavn, Greenland, North America, North Atlantic Ocean

Collection Date:

6 May 1843

Taxonomy:

Animalia Chordata Mammalia Cetacea Balaenidae

Published Name:

Balaena mysticetus Linnaeus, 1758

Other Numbers:

Whale Field Number 1 : No Number

USNM Number:

STR18328

Specimen Count:

1

Notes:

Head length 4'.

Eschricht & Reinhardt 1866:53, pl 1,2

Taken by an English whaler, presented to Major Fasting who presented it to the Royal Mseum.

Record Last Modified:

23 Oct 2012

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Record ID:

nmnhvz_10466498

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Media/Materials:

Ivory, glass bead/beads

Techniques:

Carved, inlaid, incised

Dimensions:

12 x 3 x 3 cm

Culture/People:

Bering Strait Inupiaq

Object Type:

Personal items

Place:

Nome; Bering Straits Native Corporation; Alaska; USA

Date Created:

1900-1920

Catalog Number:

19/3407

Collection History:

Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of William M. Fitzhugh (1853-1929, a San Francisco collector); acquired by MAI in 1936.

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Data Source:

National Museum of the American Indian

Record ID:

NMAI_206742

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Author:

Braham, H.W

Type:

Citations

Date:

1984

Topic:

Bowhead

Morphology--External morphology

External morphology--External illustration

External illustration

External morphology--External photographs

External photographs

Distribution

Migration

Behavior

Reproductions

Mortality

Whaling

Abundance

Museum management

Feeding

Taxonomy:

Cetacea--Mysticetes--Balaenidae--Balaena--mysticetus

Published in:

Marine Fisheries Review, 46(4):45-53

Notes:

Filed with Breiwick and Braham 1984

Data Source:

Marine Mammals Bibliography

Record ID:

siris_bib_9622

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Author:

Reeves, R. R

Leatherwood, S

Type:

Citations

Date:

1985

Topic:

Bowhead

Distribution

Systematics

Paleontology

Reproductions

Behavior

Feeding - Foraging

Morphology--External morphology

External morphology--External illustration

External illustration

Parasites

Pathology

Anatomy

Osteology

Coloration

Age

Biochemistry

Natural history

Growth, curve

Genetics

Taxonomy:

Cetacea--Mysticetes--Balaenidae--Balaena--mysticetus

Published in:

Chapter 11, pp. 305-344 in: Ridgway, S. H. and Harrison, R. (eds), Handbook of Marine Mammals, Volume 3, The Sirenians and baleen whales. Academic Press, London, xvii + 362 pp

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Record ID:

siris_bib_11754

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Author:

Anonymous

Type:

Citations

Date:

1820

Topic:

Bowhead

Taxonomy:

Cetacea--Mysticetes--Balaenidae--Balaena--mysticetus

Published in:

Isis von Oken, vi, 1820, pp. 506,507

Notes:

Auszung aus Edinbur. Phil. Journ, i, 1819, pp. 83-88 [Scoresby]

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Record ID:

siris_bib_8293

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Author:

Braham, H.W

Durham, F.E

Jarrell, G.H

Leatherwood, S

Type:

Citations

Date:

1980

Topic:

Bowhead

Teratology

Taxonomy:

Cetacea--Mysticetes--Balaenidae--Balaena--mysticetus

Published in:

Marine Fisheries Review, Sept.-Oct. 1980:70-73

Data Source:

Marine Mammals Bibliography

Record ID:

siris_bib_9633

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Author:

Miller, R. V

Rugh, D. J

Johnson, J. H

Type:

Citations

Date:

1986

Topic:

Bowhead

Distribution

Taxonomy:

Cetacea--Mysticetes--Balaenidae--Balaena--mysticetus

Published in:

Marine Mammal Science, 2(3):214-222

Data Source:

Marine Mammals Bibliography

Record ID:

siris_bib_11333

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Author:

Rugh, D. J

Braham, H.W

Miller, G. W

Type:

Citations

Date:

1992

Topic:

Bowhead

Distribution

Research methods

Taxonomy:

Cetacea--Mysticetes--Balaenidae--Balaena--mysticetus

Published in:

Canadian Journal of Zoology, 70:617-624

Data Source:

Marine Mammals Bibliography

Record ID:

siris_bib_11907

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