MCZ Mammalogy 62153

Cystophora cristata (Erxleben, 1777)

Date Collected:

1997-03-11

North America: United States: Massachusetts: Barnstable | Bourne, Megansett Harbor, Squeteague Harbor

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Mamm:62153 JSON-LD

Current Identification
Cystophora cristata (Erxleben, 1777)
Animalia Chordata Mammalia Pinnipedia Phocidae
Common Name(s): bladdernose seal; hooded seal; phoque à capuchon
Determiner: [no agent data]
Nature of ID: migration
Remarks: Catalog

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  • additional number: NEA 467
  • previous number: CFS 1420

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Part Condition Disposition Count
other (ethanol) good in collection 1 History (3)
Remarks: eyes
skeleton (dry) good in collection 1 History (3)
tissue (95% ethanol: vapor phase nitrogen) good in collection 1 History (5)
Remarks: muscle sample 1; transferred to MCZ-CRYO on 2017-05-23
tissue (95% ethanol: vapor phase nitrogen) good in collection 1 History (5)
Remarks: muscle sample 2; transferred to MCZ-CRYO on 2017-05-23
tissue (95% ethanol: vapor phase nitrogen) good in collection 1 History (5)
Remarks: muscle sample 3; transferred to MCZ-CRYO on 2017-05-23
tissue (95% ethanol: vapor phase nitrogen) good in collection 1 History (5)
Remarks: muscle sample 4; transferred to MCZ-CRYO on 2017-05-23
tissue (95% ethanol: vapor phase nitrogen) good in collection 1 History (5)
Remarks: muscle sample 5; transferred to MCZ-CRYO on 2017-05-23
tissue (95% ethanol: vapor phase nitrogen) good in collection 1 History (5)
Remarks: muscle sample 6; transferred to MCZ-CRYO on 2017-05-23

Attribute Value Determination On
sex male [no agent data], Method: migration 2009-06-20
hind foot with claw 430 mm By: Judith Marie Chupasko
tail length 190 mm By: Judith Marie Chupasko
total length 245 cm [no agent data]
unformatted measurements Front foot/flipper length=305mm By: Judith Marie Chupasko
weight 173 g By: Judith Marie Chupasko

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  • Died in bay near Garnet Avenue, probably on 11 March 1997. Weight is without digestive tract. Necropsy done on 14 Mar 1997 by Dr. Michael Moore at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute.

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  • Continent:
  • North America
  • Country:
  • United States
  • State/Province:
  • Massachusetts
  • County:
  • Barnstable
  • dwc:highergeographyID:
  • http://vocab.getty.edu/tgn/1002165 linked data icon
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • Bourne, Megansett Harbor, Squeteague Harbor
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • MA, Barnstable Co., Falmouth, North Falmouth, Squeteague Harbor, Megansett Harbor
  • Georeference:
  • 41.6601060°, -70.619621° (Error radius: 524m) By: Mark Omura on 2021-04-14 (Source: GEOLocate)
  • Datum:
  • WGS84
  • Coordinates Entered As:
  • decimal degrees
  • Collecting Method:
  • Salvaged
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Collected On:
  • 1997-03-11
  • Verbatim Date:
  • 5-Mar-1997
  • Collecting Event Remarks:
  • First seen alive on 5 March 1997, found dead on 11 March 1997
  • Collectors:
  • Judith Marie Chupasko; Peter Ohan Loosigian; Peter A. Dohrenwend; Danielle Bornstein; Deborah A. Triant

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Media type: text; Mammalogy 62151; 62152; 62153; 62154; 62156; 62160; 62161; 62162; 62163; 62164; 62165; 62166; 62167; 62168; 62169; 62170; 62172; 62173; 62174; 62175; 62171; 62157; 62155; 62158; 62159 Description: MCZ Mammalogy Mammals 059501-062200, pg.107;

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Ledger Entry for: 25 cataloged items from MCZ:Mamm:62151 Cercopithecus sp. to MCZ:Mamm:62...

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