Stranding Location (NOTE: Accuracy: 0.5 miles unless recorded)

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Marine Animal Stranding Report: Sperm Whale (Physeter macrocephalus (=catadon)) MH-02-673-Pc / P-cat16

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Location

Great Point Nantucket, Massachusetts
United States
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Related Reports
Report(s) Available: 
Yes - see report link(s) below
Necropsy Report: 
Necropsy Report
Primary Data
Stranding Authority (if applicable): 
US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS)
Stranding / Collection Date: 
Tue, 11/06/2002
Classification: 
Odontocete
Order: 
Cetacea
Family: 
Physeteridae
Species Name: 
Sperm Whale (Physeter macrocephalus (=catadon))
Body of Water: 
Atlantic Ocean
Locale Details: 
Great Point, Nantucket, MA
Examiner(s)/Source
Examiner(s)/Source: 
Michael Moore
Current Affiliation: 
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI)
Address 1: 
Biology Department
Address 2: 
266 Woods Hole Road
City: 
Woods Hole
State: 
MA
Postal Code: 
02543
Country: 
United States
Phone: 
(508) 289-3228
Email: 
mmoore@whoi.edu
Institution ID Numbers
Field ID Number 1: 
MH-02-673-Pc
CSI Field Number: 
P-cat16
Tag Data
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