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Common Name

Harbor Porpoise

Specimen Numbers

USNM-571765

Species

Species: phocoena

Domain: Eukarya Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Superclass: Tetrapoda Class: Mammalia Subclass: Theria Infraclass: Eutheria Order: Cetacea Suborder: Odontoceti Family: Phocoenidae Genus: Phocoena Species: phocoena 53

Elements

Element	Length	Width	Thickness
Cranium	276.428	163.043	141.467
Mandible Right	216.992	16.305	55.729
Mandible Left	213.212	16.828	56.058
Cervical Vertebrae 1 - Atlas	49.099	123.679	72.971
Cervical Vertebrae 2 - Axis	49.099	123.679	72.971

Specimen Elements

City

North Atlantic Ocean

Age

Modern to Modern

Collector

Unknown Unknown

Collection

SI:VertebrateZoo:Mammals

Sex

Unknown

Is Complete

No

Date Published

12/22/2015

Repository

SI:VertebrateZoo:Mammals

Country: USA - General Location: North Atlantic Ocean

Cause Of Death

Unknown

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Comments

Other Number: GM 94-42. Recovered from the North Atlantic Ocean. 3 broken vertebra in transit: L2, L7, and L15. 1 rib broken during scanning: 6th left.