Sperm whale skeleton and whaling boat | Nantucket Whaling Museum
Skeleton of a 46-foot male sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) suspended from the ceiling of Gosnell Hall in the Nantucket Historical Museum. This whale stranded on New Year's day 1998. The whaling boat beneath the whale is an authentic whaling boat from nearby New Bedford. The whaling tools and implements displayed on the wall are also authentic.
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Whale Sperm Whale Animalia Chordata Mammalia Cetacea Odontoceti Physeteridae Physeter macrocephalus Cetartiodactyla Cachalot Marine Mammal Odontocete Physeter catadon Toothed Whale CITES Appendix 1 Vulnerable: IUCN Red List Pacific United States of America Massachusetts Nantucket Nantucket Whaling Museum Gosnell Hall
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- Ship Strikes, Strandings, Skeletons, Sperm Whales
