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Balaenoptera musculus
Balaenoptera musculus
Blue Whale
Photographer: Gerald and Buff Corsi
Collection: CalAcademy

ID: 6666 6666 0413 0279 (2013-04-23)

Copyright © 2013 California Academy of Sciences

 
INFORMATION PROVIDED WITH THE PHOTO
  • date of photo  Mar 10, 2011
  • latitude 25.51987   longitude -112.26391   max error distance 395401 meters     View on Google Maps.
  • horizontal datum World Geodetic System 1984
  • georeferencing source GeoLocate
  • georeferencing remarks Adjusted uncertainty based upon boundaries of Baja California Sur.
  • location   Baja California Sur, Sea of Cortez (Mexico)
  • notes   baleen whale; Threatened; endangered; largest animal ever to have existed
  • CalAcademy slide #   Blue Whale 110310 _7006875
  • photo category: Animal - Mammal
  • original filename: Blue Whale 110310 _7006875.jpg

  • MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS ANIMAL
  • common names   Blue Whale (photographer)
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