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MammalMAP:   34817
Province:   Eastern Cape
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   3228CC
Observer:   Webster K
Date of record:   2020-10-22
Number of photos:   3
Notes:   I know not easy but one of the whales
Last updated:   2021-01-26 10:03:19
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-34817
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
VM-number: 34817 - photo: 1
VM-number: 34817 - photo: 2
VM-number: 34817 - photo: 3

Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Lisl van Deventer
Comment:   Pointed flipper(s), pale underneath. Tail with small indent. Small, sickle-shaped dorsal fin. Click on "Species information" for some dolphins and whales: https://wwhandbook.iwc.int/en/species/pilot-whale
Date:   2021-01-15 14:22:42
Species name:   Balaenoptera edeni -- Bryde's Whale
Species code:   217780

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