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ZD 1992.78

Classification
Scientific name: Globicephala melaena
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Cetacea
Family: Delphinidae
Genus: Globicephala
Species: melaena
Higher classification: Animalia; Chordata; Vertebrata; Mammalia; Cetacea; Delphinidae
Location
Locality: 40 miles south southwest of the Cape of Good Hope, South African waters, South Atlantic
Water body: Atlantic Ocean
Collection event
Recorded by: Discovery Expedition
Collection date: 1929
Identification
Identification qualifier: Name uncertain
Determinations:
Names Types FiledAs
Globicephala melaena
Specimen
Catalogue number: ZD 1992.78
Collection code: ZOO ( Zoology)
Sub department: LS Mammals
Other catalog numbers: NHMUK:ecatalogue:2708838
Registration code: MA24
Donor name: George Rayner
Sex: Female
Life stage: lact.
Record
Occurrence ID: 4ddf8cde-2c4a-4e60-b63c-d66f712fcae1
Modified: 2025-04-03T09:49:53+00:00
Created: 2013-03-25T16:53:50+00:00

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Additional Information

Created 2013-03-25T16:53:50+00:00
Last updated 2025-04-03T09:49:53+00:00
Format DWC
License CC0-1.0
Dataset collection-specimens
Dataset ID 56e711e6-c847-4f99-915a-6894bb5c5dea
Resource Specimens
Resource ID 05ff2255-c38a-40c9-b657-4ccb55ab2feb