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A dead specimen of gray whale in El Salvador: a southernmost distribution record

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 April 2011

Jose Enrique Barraza
Jose Enrique Barraza*
Affiliation:
Ministerio de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales, Col. y Calle Las Mercedes, San Salvador, El Salvador
*
Correspondence should be addressed to:J. Enrique Barraza, Ministerio de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales, Colonia y Calle Las Mercedes, San Salvador, El Salvador emails: ebarraza@marn.gob.sv, eulaliabarr@yahoo.com
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Abstract

I present the first documented record of a dead gray whale (Eschrichtius robustus) discovered at Playas Negras, La Union on the Pacific coast of El Salvador, Central America, on 21 July 2010. The stranded specimen also represents the southernmost record of this species anywhere. No necropsy was performed thus the cause of death is unknown.

Keywords

Eschrichtius robustusEl Salvadorgray whalestranding
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Research Article
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Marine Biodiversity Records , Volume 4 , December 2011 , e35
Copyright
Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2011

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