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Remarks on the size of the Greenland whale, or Balaena mysticetus, designed to show that this animal is found of as great dimensions in the present day as at any former period since the establishment of the whale-fishery

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Author:
Scoresby, W., Jr  Search this
Type:
Citations
Date:
1819
Topic:
Bowhead  Search this
Museum management  Search this
Whaling  Search this
Morphology--External morphology  Search this
External morphology--External measurement  Search this
External measurement  Search this
Taxonomy:
Cetacea--Mysticetes--Balaenidae--Balaena--mysticetus
Data Source:
Marine Mammals Bibliography
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_bib_8292