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Common Name

Stejneger's Beaked Whale [English]

Specimen Numbers

UAM-24066

Classification

Species: stejnegeri

Domain: Eukarya Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Class: Mammalia Subclass: Theria Infraclass: Eutheria Order: Cetacea Suborder: Odontoceti Family: Hyperoodontidae Genus: Mesoplodon Species: stejnegeri 590

Specimen Elements

Element	Length	Width	Thickness
Cranium	0	0	0

Specimen Elements

Location

Nazan Bay, village of Atka

Age

unknown

Collector

Patrick B. Holmes

Collection

University of Alaska Mammals

Sex

Male

Is Complete

No

Date Published

12/17/2013

Repository

University of Alaska Museum of the North

Country: USA State: Alaska - - Location: Nazan Bay, village of Atka

Death Cause

unknown

Specimen Elements

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Comments

Stranded approximately 15 years prior. Head sent to Fairbanks, body buried. Postcranial (including cervicals, vertebrae, ribs, humerus, radius, ulna, sternum)