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MammalMAP:   14702
Province:   Western Cape
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   3418BC
Observer:   Lindner Alan Matthew; Liesel, Cathy, David, Annette, Scott
Date of record:   2015-05-15
Number of photos:   1
Notes:   This juvenile whale loitered in the area for about two weeks, feeding in the late afternoons on bait fish.
Last updated:   2020-12-03 13:24:54
Sp. code:   216680
Species name:   Megaptera novaeangliae
Common name:   Humpback Whale -- Humpback Whale
Family:   Balaenopteridae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Humopback whale
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=MammalMAP-14702
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 14702 - photo: 1

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Megan Lategan
Comment:  
Date:   2015-06-25 15:42:32
Species name:   Megaptera novaeangliae -- Humpback Whale; Humpback Whale
Species code:   216680

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