Ocean/Sea/Gulf:

North Atlantic Ocean, Bay Of Biscay  Search this

Length - Total:

480 cm

390 cm

Preparation:

Photograph

Sex:

Unknown

Place:

Spain, Europe, North Atlantic Ocean

Collection Date:

7 Sep 2003

Notes:

Weir, Caroline R., Jonathan Stokes, Clive Martin and Pablo Cermen (2004). "Three sightings of Mesoplodon species in the Bay of Biscay: first confirmed True's beaked whales (M. mirus) for the north-east Atlantic?" Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the U.K. 84(5): 1095-1099.

Record Last Modified:

8 Dec 2017

Specimen Count:

1

Taxonomy:

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

Published Name:

Mesoplodon mirus ? True, 1913

Other Numbers:

Whale Field Number 1 : Sighting 3

USNM Number:

STR18614

See more items in:

Vertebrate Zoology

Mammals

Data Source:

NMNH - Vertebrate Zoology - Mammals Division

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/32eacc80f-6a37-47a2-bc75-c1861d150bef

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmnhvz_10860619