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Balaenoptera acutorostrata Lacepede, 1804

Catalog Data

Ocean/Sea/Gulf:
Arctic Ocean  Search this
Preparation:
Skeleton
Remarks:
skeleton in BM(NH)
Sex:
Unknown
Place:
South Greenland, Greenland, North America, Arctic Ocean
Notes:
Skeleton in BM(NH), from Mr. Brandt's collection.
Gray, J. E. (1866). Catalogue of seals and whales in the British Museum. London, British Museum. p. 188-190
Gray, J. E. (1846). "On the cetaceous animals." pp. v-xii, 13-53, pls 37 in: Volume I, part III, Mammalia of Richardson, J. and Gray, J. E. (eds) The Zoology of the voyage of H.M.S. Erebus and Terror, under the command of Captain Sir James Clark Ross during the years 1839 to 1843........ 2 vols, quarto, 1844 - 1875. Longmans, Brown, Green and Longmans, London. p. 50, pl. 2
Record Last Modified:
8 Dec 2017
Specimen Count:
1
Taxonomy:
Animalia, Chordata, Vertebrata, Mammalia, Eutheria, Cetacea, Mysticeti, Balaenopteridae
Published Name:
Balaenoptera acutorostrata Lacepede, 1804
Other Numbers:
Whale Field Number 1 : No number
USNM Number:
STR18773
See more items in:
Vertebrate Zoology
Mammals
Data Source:
NMNH - Vertebrate Zoology - Mammals Division
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/33592a393-eecb-4d03-9ddf-d7d0f014e5bb
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhvz_11224299