A mature female pygmy sperm whale (Kogia breviceps) measuring 2.88 metres in length stranded on Thurlestone beach, south Devon on the morning of 3/01/02.
The
body was secured by Lindy Hingley of Brixham Seawatch and PM'd in situ
by the NHM on the afternoon of 4/01/02. At the moment there is no
suggestion that the animal died of anything but natural causes.
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Report
from James Diamond
(English Nature)
Some
international web sites with information on these whales
Papers
on them
http://www.mosquitonet.com/~gcn/kogia5.htm#1
"Discovering
Whales" includes map of known range
http://whales.magna.com.au/DISCOVER/PSPERM/
"Marine
Mammal Stranding Centre"
17
strandings off American coast in recent years
http://www.mmsc.org/info/whale-pygmysperm.html
Cheers Nick
Information
from Nicolas Jouault (Jersey)
This
whale is classified as a Vagrant in the British
Cetacean List.
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