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The table below contains records of both marine animal stranding "beaching" incidents and CT scanning sessions at our facility. Each summary includes information about the location of the stranding as well as detailed information about the animal(s) that stranded or were CT scanned. Some records will contain links to postmortem necropsy and imaging reports and/or case photographs. However, we do not have permission from all authors to make some reports and/or photographs available to all registered users. You may contact us directly at: csi [at] whoi [dot] edu to access a report or photo not automatically available on the site. All reports contained on this website are for review purposes only and are not for public or commercial distribution without written permission from CSI and/or the primary author(s). Draft and summary findings should not be interpreted as conclusive nor cited without the proper consent of the primary author(s).

TBD = To Be Determined

N/A = Not Applicable

Specimen Data Records (click column header to sort or enter a term in the search box)

1444 records found.
CSI ID Stranding Date Date Received Field IDsort icon Classification Name Gender Age Stranding Location
P-pho032 Fri, 29/07/1994 MCZ 51697 Odontocete Harbor Porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) Unknown Unknown Unknown
P-mot01 Mon, 01/12/2008 MCZ 607 Fish South American Freshwater Stingray (Potamotrygon motoro) Unknown
P-cat18 Tue, 11/02/2003 MCZ 61406 Odontocete Sperm Whale (Physeter macrocephalus (=catadon)) Unknown Unknown TBD
Z-cal11 Wed, 02/06/1999 MCZ 6147 Pinniped California Sea Lion (Zalophus californianus) Male Santa Barbara Island, Santa Barbara, CA
R-cla01 Mon, 01/12/2008 MCZ 617 Fish Thornback Ray (Raja clavata) Unknown
M-ang21 Mon, 15/11/1999 MCZ 8038 Pinniped Northern Elephant Seal (Mirounga angustirostris) Male Adult
A-hyp01 Thu, 05/06/2014 Tue, 02/12/2008 MCZ36552 Fish Arctic Skate (Amblyraja hyperborea)
F-ish01 Tue, 02/12/2008 MCZ418316 Fish TBD Specimen loan from Harvard MCZ for CT scanning
E-gla28 Mon, 09/03/2009 MCZ62052 Mysticete Northern Right Whale (Eubalaena glacialis)
D-dug04 Fri, 15/09/2000 MD-125-F Sirenian Dugong (Dugong dugon) TBD Fetus Australia
D-dug08 MD-76-F Sirenian Dugong (Dugong dugon) TBD TBD
P-ele01 Thu, 10/06/2004 Melonhead 04-084 Odontocete Melon-headed Whale (Peponocephala electra) TBD Unknown Unknown
L-kem30 Wed, 19/12/2001 Thu, 21/03/2002 MH- 01-1076-Lk Reptile Kemp's Ridley Sea Turtle (Lepidochelys kempii) TBD Sub-Adult Dennis, MA
L-acu11 Sun, 09/04/2000 Mon, 10/04/2000 MH-00-527-La Odontocete Atlantic White-sided Dolphin (Lagenorhynchus acutus) Male Adult Wellfleet, MA
P-vit27 Tue, 25/04/2000 Wed, 25/09/2002 MH-00-543-Pv Pinniped Harbor Seal (Phoca vitulina) Female Adult Marblehead, MA
M-nov24 Fri, 02/06/2000 Fri, 21/01/2000 MH-00-583-Mn Mysticete Humpback Whale (Megaptera novaeanglia) Male Sub-Adult Buzzards Bay, MA
D-del22 Sat, 17/06/2000 Wed, 01/11/2000 MH-00-598-Dd Odontocete Short-beaked Common Dolphin (Delphinus delphis) Unknown Adult TBD
D-del21 Tue, 04/07/2000 Wed, 01/11/2000 MH-00-619-Dd Odontocete Short-beaked Common Dolphin (Delphinus delphis) Female Adult TBD
P-vit26 Fri, 21/07/2000 Thu, 29/08/2002 MH-00-653-Pv Pinniped Harbor Seal (Phoca vitulina) Male Adult Singing Beach, Manchester, MA
L-acu15 Sat, 26/08/2000 Tue, 22/01/2002 MH-00-728-La Odontocete Atlantic White-sided Dolphin (Lagenorhynchus acutus) Male Sub-Adult Herring River Gut, Wellfleet, MA
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CONTRIBUTING ORGANIZATIONS / INSTITUTIONS:

Cape Cod Stranding Network (CCSN/IFAW) The Toledo Zoo
IDEXX Vet Connect University of North Carolina, Wilmington (UNCW)
Mystic Aquarium United States Navy (USN)
National Marine Fisheries Service (NOAA) University of Tennessee (UT)
National Marine Life Center (NMLC) Virginia Aquarium Stranding Response Program
New England Aquarium (NEAq) Woods Hole Science Aquarium (NOAA)
North Carolina State University (CMST) Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI)