[Journals], 1908-1912
Page 2
Creator Andrews, Roy Chapman, 1884-1960; American Museum of Natural History; Andrews Alaskan Expedition (1908); Andrews Canadian Field Trip; Philippines Expedition (1909); Japanese Whaling Expedition (1910)
Year Unknown
View Full Work Original Source
Image from the Biodiversity Heritage Library. Contributed by American Museum of Natural History Library. | www.biodiversitylibrary.org
Transcription
No.......................Sex............Species......Date Jan...1912 1.- Total length, snout to notch of flukes over back......... 2.- Tip of snout to eye........................................ 3.- " " " blowhole (center)........................... 4.- " " " axills..........................................., 5.- " " " posterior base of dorsal....................... 6.- Notch of flukes to anus..................................... 7.- " " " posterior base of dorsal...................... 8.- " " " axilla........................................... 9.- Anus to clitoris or penis................................. 10.- " " umbilicus............................................ 11.- Height of dorsal vertical................................. 12.- Flukes tip to tip.........................................., 13.- Length right lobe of flukes axially...................... 14.- " left " " " ....................................... 15.- Greatest thickness of flukes at insertion................. 16.- " breadth " ant. - post................................. 17.- Length of mammary slit..................................... 18.- Distance between mamme..................................... 19.- Depth of peduncle at anterior insertion of flukes.........., 20.- " " midway between flukes and anus....................... 21.- Length of pectoral (up to head of humerus)................ 22.- " " (" post. insertion)..............................., 23.- " " (" ant. " )........................................ 24.- Greatest breadth of pectoral................................ 25.- Distance from eye to ear.................................... 26.- " " above ear............................................ 27.- Length of right blowhole (straight)......................., 28.- " left " ............................................. 29.- Distance apart of blowholes anteriorly.................... 30.- " " posteriorly..........................................., 31.- Length of row of baleen straight........................... 32.- Longest plate of baleen (inside).......................... 33.- Number of baleen plates (one side)......................., 34.- Number of throat furrows.................................... Key to measurements AMNH LIBRARY 100043804