Te Kohinga Pūtaiao
Collection Record
Blue whale
Blue whale/Rorqual/Baleen whale/Cetacean/Mammal/Vertebrate/Animal
Balaenoptera musculus
One eye of a Blue whale, mounted in a glass historic display jar. The eye takes up most of jar, and the historic label notes the species as humpback whale (but is most likely misidentified).
VT2443
Details
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Mammalia
- Order
- Cetacea
- Family
- Balaenopteridae
- Genus
- Balaenoptera
- Species
- musculus
- Storage Method
- Alcohol 70%/Fluid
- Department
- Vertebrates
- Accession Number
- VT2443
- On Display
- No
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