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Prince Albert I of Monaco observes necropsy on juvenile sperm whale aboard research vessel Princesse Alice (1897)
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Neomeris phocaenoides, (Cuvier) Gray. The Nameno-juo.. Length, 4 feet (After Schlegel.)
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Views of two skulls of prodelphinus attenuatus (Gray), from Honolulu, H. I..
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Narwhal. Monodon monoceros, L.
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Head of male Sowerby's Whale. (After Andrews.)
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Hyperoodon rostratus, (Chemnitz) Wesmael. Bottlenose Whale. (Female). Length, 30 feet (After Wesmael)
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Delphinus delphis, Linne. Common Dolphin.. Length, 6 1/2 feet. (From a sketch by J. H. Emerton)
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Leucorhamphus borealis, (Peale) Dall. Right-whale Porpoise. Length, 8 feet. (From a sketch by William H. Dall.)
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Right Whale and Sperm Up to 60 Feet Finners Up to 110 Feet. 1-Greenland Right Whale, Balaena Mysticeptus, up to 60 feet in length, generally found near Arctic ice. The smaller whalebone whale of the Atlantic and Southern oceans is somewhat similar in shape; it runs to 50 feet; shows tail as it dives; has no fin on back. It is called the Nordcapper or Biscayensis and Australis. 2- The Sperm or Cachalot,; Physeter Macrocephalus. A toothed whale 50 to 60 feet; shows tail when it dives; sometimes breaches,; i.e. leaps several times in succession as it travels; blast low and projected forward. 3- Seihvale, Balaenoptera Borealis, 40 to 50 feet; blast about 10 feet; does not usually lift tail out of water before final dive; has fin on back, is therefore a "finner.; 4- Fin whale, Balaenoptera Musculus, up to 75 feet. The blue whale Balaenoptera musculus Balaenoptera Sibbaldii is similar, with smaller fin on back; both make blasts about 18 feet. The blue whale Balaenoptera musculus in Southern seas has been killed up to 110 feet.
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Grampus griseus, (Cuvier) Gray. Grampus.. Length, 10 feet 6 inches. (After Flower.)
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Rhachianectes glaneus, Cope. California Gray whale Rhachianectes glaucus.. Length 41 feet. (After Scammon.)
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Sotalia fluvialilis (Gervais). River dolphin.. Length 5 feet (After Gervais)
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Steno perspicillatus, Peters. Long-beaked Dolphin.. Length 8 feet (?) (After Peters
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Inia Geoffroyi (Desmarest) Gray. The Inia (Young specimen). Length 8 feet (After F.Cuvier)
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Very Large Sperm Whale was Locked in Deadly Conflict with a Squid.
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World distribution of Sperm Whale (Physeter macrocephalus )
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Skeleton of Right Whale Showing Comparative Size of Man. A--Bones which represent legs.
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Baleneptere vorqual. Balaenoptera vorqual
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Lagenorhynchus gabernator, Cope. Striped Dolphin. (Young). Length, 7 feet. (?) (From a Photograph by the U. S. Fish Commission)
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Globiocephalus melas, (Traill). Blackfish. Length, 19 feet. (After Flower).
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Berardius arnuxi, Duvenoy. Arnux's Whale.. Length, 29 feet (After Knox.)
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Sperm Whale--Rose perpendicularly with some palely glowing mass between his jaws.
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Gulf of Mexico Sperm Whale survey sightings 1996-2001 (+), 2003-04 (dots); lines show 100 & 1000 m isobaths and limit of survey
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Right Whale to Show Whalebone (1); Sperm Whale Showing Teeth (2).
