Specimen C 37480 Balaenoptera acutorostrata

• Taxon Name

  Balaenoptera acutorostrata

• Preferred Common name

  Dwarf Minke Whale

• Other Common Names

  Common Minke Whale

• Date Identified

  /09/2013

• Identified By

  Tony Mitchell - Department of Sustainability and Environment

• Number Of Specimens

  1

• Specimen Nature

  Nature: Skull, Form: Dry

• Collected By

  Mr Peter Swinkels - Museum Victoria, Brendon Taylor - Museum Victoria, Michael Pennell - Museum Victoria, Dr Katie Date - Museums Victoria, Tony Mitchell - Department of Sustainability and Environment

• Sampling Method

  salvage

• Date Visited From

  18/09/2013

• Date Visited To

  18/09/2013

• Category

  Natural Sciences

• Scientific Group

  Vertebrate Zoology

• Discipline

  Mammalogy

• Collecting Areas

  Mammalogy

• Type of Item

  Specimen

Taxonomy

• Kingdom

  Animalia

• Phylum

  Chordata

• Subphylum

  Vertebrata

• Class

  Mammalia

• Order

  Cetacea

• Suborder

  Mysticeti

• Family

  Balaenopteridae

• Genus

  Balaenoptera

• Species Name

  acutorostrata