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Object Number: Ag748

Collection: Biology

Object Name: Animal

Common Name: Short-beaked common dolphin

Informal Name

Description: Complete skeleton

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Phylum: Chordata

Class: Mammalia

Order: Cetacea

Family: Delphinidae

Genus: Delphinus

Species: delphis

Preservation Technique: disarticulated bones

Locality: St Ives, Cornwall, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (UK) / England, Northern Europe, Europe

Precise Location: Caught in harbour, St Ives, Cornwall, 6 Sept. 1945