Physeter catodon (sperm whale)

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    Physeter catodon (sperm whale) - AMNH-34872
    (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 2022-05-23) Moore, Michael J. ; Taylor, David B.
    Physeter catodon (sperm whale) - AMNH-34872 - male - unknown length - Pelvic location - American Museum of Natural History
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    Physeter catodon (sperm whale) - NBM-001850
    (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 2022-05-23) Moore, Michael J. ; Taylor, David B.
    Physeter catodon (sperm whale) - NBM-001850 - male - unknown length - Pelvic location - New Brunswick Museum
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    Physeter catodon (sperm whale) - NBM-001851
    (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 2022-05-23) Moore, Michael J. ; Taylor, David B.
    Physeter catodon (sperm whale) - NBM-001851 - male - unknown length - Pelvic location - New Brunswick Museum
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    Physeter catodon (sperm whale) - NYSM-14300
    (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 2022-05-23) Moore, Michael J. ; Taylor, David B.
    Physeter catodon (sperm whale) - NYSM-14300 - male - 7.30 m - Pelvic location - NY Science Museum. 24-foot male stranded alive and euthanized at Jacob Riis Park, Rockaway, the Queens, Long Island, New York. This animal was about weaning age. It had no erupted teeth but skin covered bumps over each tooth site. Its stomach contained squid beaks. The entire skeleton, missing one vestigial pelvic bone, was salvaged for the New York State Museum on 6 January. Both sets of ear bones went to Darlene Keaton.
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    Physeter catodon (sperm whale) - UF-30916
    (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 2022-05-23) Moore, Michael J. ; Taylor, David B.
    Physeter catodon (sperm whale) - UF-30916 - female - 10.7 m - University of Florida
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    Physeter catodon (sperm whale) - MH-02-673
    (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 2022-05-23) Moore, Michael J. ; Taylor, David B.
    Physeter catodon (sperm whale) - MH-02-673 - male - 14.00 m - Pelvic location - New Bedford Whale Museum. 45.9-foot (551.17 inches), subadult male. Washed ashore one mile south of Great Point by the Galls, Nantucket. Fresh but emaciated. Examined on 8 June, towed to New Bedford on 9 June and taken apart at the landfill on 10 June. Weighed on a boat lift at 45 tons. Found to have significant bone disease. This is the animal that led Michael Moore to investigate and eventually publish on the bends in Sperm Whales. The skeleton was articulated for display at the New Bedford Whaling Museum.