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1992.78

Classification
Scientific name: Globicephala melas Traill, 1809
Author: Traill, 1809
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Cetacea
Family: Delphinidae
Genus: Globicephala
Species: melas
Higher classification: Animalia; Chordata; Vertebrata; Mammalia; Cetacea; Odontoceti; Delphinidae
Location
Locality: 40 miles S.S.W of the Cape of Good Hope, South Africa
Collection event
Recorded by: Discovery Expedition
Collection date: 1929
Identification
Type status: holotype
Determinations:
Names Types FiledAs
Globicephala melas Traill, 1809 Yes
Globicephala leucosagmaphora Rayner 1939
Globicephala leucosagmaphora Rayner 1939
Specimen
Catalogue number: 1992.78
Collection code: ZOO ( Zoology)
Sub department: LS Mammals
Other catalog numbers: NHMUK:ecatalogue:3910094
Registration code: MA
Individual count: 1
Sex: Female
Record
Occurrence ID: b5b068e0-f101-442d-9435-859f488ed00d
Modified: 2022-02-04T16:12:49+00:00
Created: 2007-05-28T06:05:07+00:00

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Additional Information

Created 2007-05-28T06:05:07+00:00
Last updated 2022-02-04T16:12:49+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