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Physeter macrocephalus Linnaeus, 1758

Catalog Data

Ocean/Sea/Gulf:
North Atlantic Ocean, North Sea  Search this
Sex:
Unknown
Place:
Romo, North Frisian Islands, Sonderjylland, Denmark, Europe, North Atlantic Ocean
Collection Date:
4 Dec 1997
Notes:
Redman, N. B. (2009). Whales¹ bones of Germany, Austria, Czech Republic & Switzerland. With a foreword by Klaus Barthelmess. Teddington, Redman Publishing. p. 142; Redman, N. (2013). Whales' bones of the Nordic Countries, Central and Eastern Europe - Denmark, and its associated territories the Faroe Islands and Greenland, Iceland - Norway including Svalbard and Jan Mayen, Sweden and Finland - Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Hungary, and Romania - Russian Federation west of the Urals, including Kaliningradskaya Oblast, Belarus, Ukraine, and Georgia - With a Foreword by Ingvar Svanberg. Teddington, England, Redman Publishing. p. 21-22
Record Last Modified:
20 May 2024
Specimen Count:
1
Taxonomy:
Animalia, Chordata, Vertebrata, Mammalia, Eutheria, Cetacea, Odontoceti, Physeteridae
Published Name:
Physeter macrocephalus Linnaeus, 1758
Physeter catodon Linnaeus, 1758
Other Numbers:
Whale Field Number 1 : No Number
USNM Number:
STR12505
See more items in:
Vertebrate Zoology
Mammals
Data Source:
NMNH - Vertebrate Zoology - Mammals Division
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/351a9f57a-d0ea-4725-9d93-cf47b839b0c9
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:nmnhvz_7580430