Ocean/Sea/Gulf:

South Pacific Ocean  Search this

Length - Total:

1700 cm

Preparation:

Skeleton

Sex:

Unknown

Place:

Valparaiso, Chile, South America, South Pacific Ocean

Collection Date:

1889

Notes:

"Greta" - oldest whale skeleton in South America. Identified as a blue whale, fin whale or sei whale.

Redman, N. (2017). Whales' bones of the Americas, South Atlantic and Antarctica - Canada, United States of America (except Hawaii), Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, The Bahamas, Bequia, Bonaire, Cuba, Curayao, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Martinique, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay, Venezuela, British Antarctic Territory, Falkland Islands, South Georgia. Teddington, England, Redman Publishing. page 85.

Record Last Modified:

27 Feb 2018

Specimen Count:

1

Taxonomy:

Animalia, Chordata, Vertebrata, Mammalia, Eutheria, Cetacea, Mysticeti, Balaenopteridae

Published Name:

Balaenopterid sp.

Other Numbers:

Whale Field Number 1 : No Number

USNM Number:

STR22407

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Vertebrate Zoology

Mammals

Data Source:

NMNH - Vertebrate Zoology - Mammals Division

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/323079e04-2503-451f-9e82-c31fbf4785bf

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmnhvz_13959610