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A note on the stranding of the sperm whale Physeter catodon Linnaeus at Mahabalipuram on the East Coast of India

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Title A note on the stranding of the sperm whale Physeter catodon Linnaeus at Mahabalipuram on the East Coast of India
 
Creator James, D B
Manivasagam, S
 
Subject Stranding
Marine Mammals
 
Description Detailed measurements for an young male specimen of the sperm whale Physeter catodon Linnaeus which was stranded at Mahabalipuram beach on 12-4-80 are given. It is of interest to note that this species is again recorded from the vicinity of Madras after a lapse of nearly 90 years.
 
Publisher MBAI
 
Date 1976
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/1468/1/James_399-402.pdf
James, D B and Manivasagam, S (1976) A note on the stranding of the sperm whale Physeter catodon Linnaeus at Mahabalipuram on the East Coast of India. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of India, 18 (2). pp. 399-402.