FMNH 15559

Credit: (c) Field Museum of Natural History - CC BY-NC 4.0
  • Right Whale skeleton
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History - CC BY-NC 4.0
    Description: Black Right Whale skeleton Balaena glacialis on platform on the floor (not on ceiling), Hall 19 Zoology specimen 15559
  • Right Whale skeleton
    Photographer: Ron Testa : Field Museum of Natural History - Photography Division
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History - CC BY-NC 4.0
    Description: Right Whale skeleton, Balaena glacialis. Hall 19 exhibit case Zoology specimen 15559
  • Right Whale skeleton
    Photographer: Ron Testa : Field Museum of Natural History - Photography Division
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History - CC BY-NC 4.0
    Description: Right Whale skeleton, Balaena glacialis. Hall 19 exhibit case Zoology specimen15559
  • Right Whale
    Photographer: Ron Testa : Field Museum of Natural History - Photography Division
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History - CC BY-NC 4.0
    Description: Skeleton of Right Whale Balaena glacialis and Deer at FM Zoology specimen 15559 half of stereo card, Same as GN84870
  • Right whale skeleton
    Photographer: Ron Testa : Field Museum of Natural History - Photography Division
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History - CC BY-NC 4.0
    Description: Right whale skeleton Stereo card. Field Museum exhibit.
  • Into the Wild
    Photographer: John Weinstein : Field Museum of Natural History - Photography Division
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History - CC BY-NC 4.0
    Description: Into the Wild exhibit Early Mammals Area and Right Whale skeleton Zoology specimen 15559
  • 15559
    Creator: Rebecca A. Banasiak : Field Museum of Natural History - Zoology
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History - CC BY-NC 4.0
    Description: FMNH 15559 Eubalaena australis; dorsal view of the mandible.
  • 15559
    Creator: Rebecca A. Banasiak : Field Museum of Natural History - Zoology
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History - CC BY-NC 4.0
    Description: FMNH 15559 Eubalaena australis; frontal view of the skull.
  • 15559
    Creator: Rebecca A. Banasiak : Field Museum of Natural History - Zoology
    (c) Field Museum of Natural History - CC BY-NC 4.0
    Description: FMNH 15559 Eubalaena australis; full lateral view of the skull.
FM Catalog: Mammals
Catalog Subset: Specimen
Scientific Name: Balaena glacialis
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Cetacea
Family: Balaenidae
Genus: Balaena
Species: glacialis
Field #: 178158
Collector: Ward's Natural Science Establishment
Geography: North America, USA, Massachusetts. [LL]
DWc Country: United States of America
Preparations: skull,skel,mounted
Tissue Available?: No
Co-ordinates Available?: Yes
EMu IRN: 2514804
OccurenceID: 55767557-7646-4448-9663-a15c33517b1d
Measurements:
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