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Gray whale skeleton
Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History
Washington, DC, United States
The large toothless baleen whales feed on small shrimplike crustaceans and small fish. The gray whale, now limited to the shores of the North Pacific Ocean, was once in the North Atlantic as well. This specimen came from the coast of Korea.
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- Title: Gray whale skeleton
- Location: Ulsan, Kyongsang-Namdo, Korea, Asia, North Pacific Ocean
- Type: Skeleton
- Rights: This image was obtained from the Smithsonian Institution. The image or its contents may be protected by international copyright laws. http://www.si.edu/termsofuse
- External Link: View this object record in the Smithsonian Institution Collections Search Center
- USNM Catalog Number(s): 199527
- Scientific Name: <i>Eschrichtius robustus (Lilljeborg, 1861)</i>
- Photo Credit: Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History
- Field: Verterbrate Zoology
- Date Collected: 1912-01
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