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Grampus griseus (Cuvier, 1812)

J. G. Mead

504126 Grampus griseus 298 cm male JGM 120 7 September 1974 7 IX 05:00 Departed Arlington 06:30 Lane Memorial Bridge – toll $1.50 Salisbury – gas - $14.00 10:30 arrive Chincoteague Wildlife Refuge 13:00 Grampus collected, left refuge 18:00 arrive Ocean City 18:40 Swansea Appartments, 2nd and Baltimore, $25.00 8 IX 10:00 on beach, north end of National Seashore 17:00 departed for D.C. 21:00 arrived Arlington 9 IX 19:00 gas, Arlington, $30.40 Film – JM 390 – Hasselblad 16; JM 392 – CPS 120 – Hasselblad 24; JM 393 – KII 135 7 September 1974 JGM 120 – 298 cm male Grampus griseus – measured decayed carcass in hole in sand – measurements probably pretty good. Just off end of Dike “C”, Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge. Arrive at refuge ca. 10:30 – Larry Malone to us out to burial site. The carcass was in remarkable shape considering it had been in the ground (sand, 24” down) for 10 months. All of the major viscera were recognizable, found penis, took total length. In fleshing out the head noticed a lot of calculi in the orbital part of the pterygoid sinus. Vaguely looked like a Crassicauda infestation. Collected the whole skeleton, then went down to the south end of the island, had lunch and test the ATV. Went up to Ocean City for the night, discovering that the cruise scheduled for tomorrow had been canceled.

Date

Nov 1973

Medium

298 cm

Department

NMNHMAMMALS

Institution

NMNH - Vertebrate Zoology - Mammals Division

Object number

nmnhvz_7509930