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Arnoux's beaked whale

Arnoux's beaked whale/Beaked whale/Toothed whale/Cetacean/Mammal/Vertebrate/Animal

Berardius arnuxii

Arnoux's beaked whale skull, separated into two parts - a skull and an unattached mandible. Three of four teeth are present on the mandible with the front right tooth missing.

VT221

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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Cetacea
Family: Ziphiidae
Genus: Berardius
Species: arnuxii
Field Collection Place: Rakiura, Southland, New Zealand
Field Collection Date: 1924
Storage Method: Skeletal
Department: Vertebrates
Accession Number: VT221
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