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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
M-ang11 Wed, 23/06/1993 Pinniped Northern Elephant Seal (Mirounga angustirostris) Female Santa Cruz, CA
M-ang07 Tue, 20/10/1992 Wed, 23/06/1993 Pinniped Northern Elephant Seal (Mirounga angustirostris) Female Pup/Calf Santa Cruz, CA
P-vit13 Pinniped Harbor Seal (Phoca vitulina) Yearling Massachusetts
P-vit41 Thu, 04/06/2009 Pinniped Harbor Seal (Phoca vitulina)
D-dug06 Sirenian Dugong (Dugong dugon) TBD TBD Torres Straights, Australia
D-dug07 Sirenian Dugong (Dugong dugon) TBD TBD Torres Straights, Australia
H-gig01 Sirenian Steller's Sea Cow (Hydrodamalis gigas) TBD TBD Unknown
T-man05_06 Tue, 11/12/1990 Sirenian West Indian Manatee (Trichechus manatus) TBD Adult Florida
H-amp03 Sun, 13/10/1996 Sat, 26/10/1996 Aquatic Mammal Hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius) TBD Neonate N/A
C-lib01 Sun, 20/12/1998 Fri, 30/04/1999 Aquatic Mammal Pygmy Hippo (Choeropsis liberiensis) TBD Neonate N/A
C-lib02 Fri, 30/04/1999 Aquatic Mammal Pygmy Hippo (Choeropsis liberiensis) TBD Neonate N/A
O-jam01 Fri, 13/04/2012 Fri, 13/04/2012 Avian Ruddy Duck (Oxyura jamaicensis) Female Adult N/A
C-mel01 Tue, 10/06/2008 Wed, 11/06/2008 Avian Piping Plover (Charadrius melodus) Unknown Unknown Martha's Vineyard
A-ful04 Wed, 01/11/2006 Fish Lake Sturgeon (Acipenser fulvescens) Unknown
O-tau13 Mon, 18/06/2012 Fish Oyster Toadfish (Opsanus tau) Unknown
T-thy01 Fish Atlantic Bluefin Tuna (Thunnus thynnus) Unknown
K-pel01 Fri, 01/01/1993 Fish Skipjack Tuna (Katsuwonus pelamis) Unknown
S-tib02 Tue, 30/12/2008 Fish Bonnethead Shark (Sphyrna tiburo) Unknown
A-vul01 Mon, 29/12/2008 Tue, 30/12/2008 Fish Common Thresher Shark (Alopias vulpinus) TBD TBD Commercial fisheries bycatch
C-car02 Thu, 21/08/2008 Fish Great White Shark (Carcharodon carcharias) Unknown
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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)