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Common Name

Cuvier's Beaked Whale [English]

Specimen Numbers

UAM-83269

Species

Species: cavirostris

Domain: Eukarya Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Superclass: Tetrapoda Class: Mammalia Subclass: Theria Infraclass: Eutheria Order: Cetacea Suborder: Odontoceti Family: Hyperoodontidae Genus: Ziphius Species: cavirostris 933

Elements

Element	Length	Width	Thickness
Cranium	0	0	0

Specimen Elements

City

Akwe River mouth

Age

Modern to Modern

Collector

Bill Lucey

Collection

University of Alaska Mammals

Sex

Male

Is Complete

No

Date Published

12/22/2015

Repository

University of Alaska Museum of the North

Country: USA State: Alaska - - Location: Akwe River mouth

Cause Of Death

Unknown

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Comments

Carcass observed freshly dead on 19 Apr 2009. It was collected on 21 Apr 2009.