MCZ Mammalogy BOM-1195

Delphinapterus leucas (Pallas, 1776)

Holotype of Beluga declivis

Date Collected:

[date unknown] prior to 2003-10-24

Arctic Ocean: Arctic Sea | Arctic Seas

occurrenceID: https://mczbase.mcz.harvard.edu/guid/MCZ:Mamm:BOM-1195 JSON-LD

Current Identification
Delphinapterus leucas (Pallas, 1776)
Animalia Chordata Mammalia Cetacea Monodontidae
Common Name(s): Beluga; belukha; béluga; white whale
Determiner: [no agent data]
Nature of ID: revised taxonomy
Previous Identification
Beluga declivis Cope, 1865
Animalia Chordata Mammalia Cetacea Monodontidae
Determiner: Edward Drinker Cope on 1865-12-31
Nature of ID: type ID
Remarks: Bangs Ledger; ID Date is year of publication

Cope 1865, page 278, Holotype of Beluga declivis Cope, 1865 The catalog number for this specimen is incorrectly noted in the type catalog as MCZ 1195
Media type: text; Cope 1865 Description: Second contribution to a history of the Delphinidae;

(Media Record) (Related) (File)

Shows Publication: Cope 1865 Description: Second contribution to a history of the Delphinidae

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Part Condition Disposition Count
skeleton (dry) unchecked unknown 1 History
tissue (dry) good in collection 1 History
Remarks: tissue; sub-sampled as part of NSF CSBR Holotype grant; transferred to MCZ-CRYO on
subsampled by = Nina Black   determined date=2023-11-09   determined by=Nina Black  

Attribute Value Determination On
sex unknown [no agent data], Method: migration 2009-06-20
associated grant Preserving the genomes of the type specimens in the MCZ (CSBR) By: Nina Black 2023-12-07

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  • The catalog number for this specimen is incorrectly noted in the type catalog as MCZ 1195.

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  • Ocean:
  • Arctic Ocean
  • Ocean Region:
  • Arctic Sea
  • Sovereign Nation:
  • High Seas
  • dwc:highergeographyID:
  • https://marineregions.org/mrgid/8747 linked data icon
Specimens with same Higher Geography
Specimens from the same Locality
Specimens from the same Collecting Event
  • Specific Locality:
  • Arctic Seas
  • Verbatim Locality:
  • Arctic Seas
  • Collecting Source:
  • wild caught
  • Began Date / Ended Date:
  • 1700-01-01 / 2003-10-24
  • Verbatim Date:
  • [no verbatim date data]
  • Collecting Event Remarks:
  • End of date collected range set to latest date of data entry for a cataloged item in this collecting event
  • Collector:
  • E. K. Kane

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Media type: text; Mammalogy BOM-1178; BOM-1179; BOM-1180; BOM-1181; BOM-1182; BOM-1183; BOM-1185; BOM-1186; BOM-1187; BOM-1188; BOM-1189; BOM-1191; BOM-1192; BOM-1194; BOM-1195; BOM-1196; BOM-1198; BOM-1199; BOM-1200; BOM-1176; BOM-1177; BOM-1184; BOM-1190; BOM-1193; BOM-1197 Description: MCZ Mammalogy Bones bones-000001, pg.48;

(Media Record) (Related) (File)

Ledger Entry for: 25 cataloged items from MCZ:Mamm:BOM-1178 Mirounga leonina to MCZ:Mamm:...

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