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Accession No 1933.86
Name/Title Tasmacetus shepherdi (Shepherd's beaked whale); skeleton of holotype
Primary Prod Period 20th century
Measurement Reading 44 x 180 x 46cm
Credit Line Rare beaked whale washed up at Ohawe, near Hawera; first identified in 1933 by Whanganui Regional Museum curator George Shepherd and named in his honour.
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