Eschrichtius robustus (Lilljeborg, 1861)
Object Details
- Collector
- R. C. Andrews
- Ocean/Sea/Gulf
- North Pacific Ocean, Korea Strait
- Andrews, R. C. (1914). "Monographs of the Pacific Cetacea. 1. The California gray whale (Rhachianectes glaucus Cope)." Memoirs of the American Museum of Natural History, New Series, 1(5):227-287, pls. 19-27. This monographs cpovers whales that were taken in 1909-10. The present specimen was taken in January of 1912 and so the details of it are not covered in this monograph.
- 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 46, 64.
- Record Last Modified
- 8 Aug 2023
- Specimen Count
- 1
- Collection Date
- Jan 1912
- Accession Number
- 058056
- Other Numbers
- Whale Field Number 1 : No Number
- SI Negative Number : 9787-A
- SI Negative Number : 17129
- SI Negative Number : 129-C
- USNM Number
- 199527
- Length - Total
- 1200 cm
- Prep Count
- 3
- Preparation
- Photograph
- Skeleton
- Skull
- Remarks
- Views of skeleton
- Sex
- Male
- Place
- Ulsan, Kyongsang-Namdo, Korea, Asia, North Pacific Ocean
- Published Name
- Eschrichtius robustus (Lilljeborg, 1861)
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- Vertebrate Zoology
- Mammals
- Taxonomy
- Animalia, Chordata, Vertebrata, Mammalia, Eutheria, Cetacea, Mysticeti, Eschrichtiidae
- NMNH - Vertebrate Zoology - Mammals Division
- Record ID
- nmnhvz_7507204
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3e3e5d83c-bc61-4129-aad6-ddd73b3e9eee
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