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Common Name

Stejneger's Beaked Whale [English]

Specimen Numbers

UAM-24066

Species

Species: stejnegeri

Domain: Eukarya Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Superclass: Tetrapoda Class: Mammalia Subclass: Theria Infraclass: Eutheria Order: Cetacea Suborder: Odontoceti Family: Hyperoodontidae Genus: Mesoplodon Species: stejnegeri 931

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Element	Length	Width	Thickness
Cranium	0	0	0

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City

Nazan Bay, village of Atka

Age

Modern to Modern

Collector

Patrick Holmes

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: Nazan Bay, village of Atka

Cause Of Death

Unknown

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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)