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MammalMAP:   18426
Province:   Western Cape
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   3423AB
Observer:   Harding Jared; Claire Gaudart-Wifling; Jana Hasenclever; Chloe Sheppard Moon; Jade Clayson
Date of record:   2016-06-15
Number of photos:   3
Notes:  
Last updated:   2020-12-03 13:24:54
Sp. code:   217780
Species name:   Balaenoptera edeni
Common name:   Bryde's Whale
Family:   Balaenopteridae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:  
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=MammalMAP-18426
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 18426 - photo: 1
VM-number: 18426 - photo: 2
VM-number: 18426 - photo: 3

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   James Adriaan Harrison
Comment:   No details of head visible. Probably Bryde's Whale, given the sickle-shaped dorsal fin far back on the body.
Date:   2018-02-10 17:28:55
Species name:   Balaenoptera edeni -- Bryde's Whale
Species code:   217780

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