Ocean/Sea/Gulf:

North Atlantic Ocean  Search this

Sex:

Unknown

Place:

Grindavik, Iceland, North Atlantic Ocean

Collection Date:

Sep 1954

Notes:

U.S. Navy machine gunned about 100 killer whales upon request from Icelanders.

Colby, J. (2018). Orca - how we came to know and love the oceans greatest predator. New York, Oxford University Press; page 263; Time Magazine Oct. 4, 1954

Record Last Modified:

5 Feb 2019

Specimen Count:

1

Taxonomy:

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

Published Name:

Orcinus orca (Linnaeus, 1758)

Other Numbers:

Whale Field Number 1 : No number

USNM Number:

STR22483

See more items in:

Vertebrate Zoology

Mammals

Data Source:

NMNH - Vertebrate Zoology - Mammals Division

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/312b7b3e7-e7b7-4b78-aa7c-a88d1701a13e

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmnhvz_14552690