The Museum of Evolution Zoology

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Catalogue no.: UPSZMC 192752
Taxon: Hydrodamalis gigas (Zimmermann, 1780)
Label: Hydrodamalis gigas
Collector: Nordenskiöld, A.E.
Date: 1879
Country: Russia
Province: Kamchatskiy kray
Locality: Bering Island
Comments: This species went extinct in 1768 so the skeleton is older. Collected during the Vega Expedition in 1879 and donated by Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld. It is probably a mix of different individuals.