Object: Pygmy Blue Whale, Balaenoptera musculus brevicauda
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Registration Number  MM002191
Phylum  Chordata
Class  Mammalia
Order  Cetacea
Family  Balaenopteridae
Scientific Name
Balaenoptera musculus brevicauda
Identified By  van Helden, Anton
Identified Date  1994
Common / Maori name  Pygmy Blue Whale
Country collected  New Zealand
Precise locality  Motutapu Island, Hauraki Gulf
Collected By  Rook, Hans, Huaki, Mike, Marsh, Norm, Lightband, Malcolm
Date collected   Sep 1994
Section  Marine Mammals

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