Journal article

First record of True’s beaked whale, Mesoplodon mirus, in Britain

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Creator
  • Kitchener, Andrew C  ( ORCID )
  • Georg , Hantke
  • Herman, Jeremy S
  • ten Doeschate, Mariel
  • Brownlow, Andrew C
2020

Abstract
  • A female beaked whale, Family Ziphiidae, was reported as stranded on 29th January 2020 at Kearvaig Bay, Sutherland, Scotland. Examination of its skull confirms that this is the first recorded stranding of True’s beaked whale, Mesoplodon mirus, in Britain.

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Resource Type
  • Journal article
Creator
  • Kitchener, Andrew C  ( ORCID )
  • Georg , Hantke
  • Herman, Jeremy S
  • ten Doeschate, Mariel
  • Brownlow, Andrew C
Date published
  • 2020
Institution
  • National Museums Scotland
Organisational unit
  • Natural Sciences
Journal title
  • Mammal Communications
Volume
  • 6
Pagination
  • 29-33
Publisher
  • The Mammal Society
Place of publication
  • London
eISSN
  • 2056-872X
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Licence
  • CC BY 4.0 Attribution
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