Autumn Stranding of a Northern Bottlenose Whale ( Hyperoodon ampullatus ) in the Bay of Fundy, Nova Scotia

• Published in: Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada
• Main Authors: Mitchell, Edward, Kozicki, V. Michael
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1975
• Subjects: General Medicine; hyperoodon ampullatus; Labrador Sea; Northern bottlenose whale
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/f75-121; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/f75-121

A 615-cm male northern bottlenose whale (Hyperoodon ampullatus) stranded in Cobequid Bay, Bay of Fundy, in early October 1969. The skull, mandible, tympano-periotics, and teeth are described and illustrated. Five growth layers in the lower teeth place the animal below a growth curve based on samples from the Labrador Sea taken in May and June. A summary of nine other North American occurrences of 12 individuals, mainly south of Sable Island, indicates a winter migration to waters offshore of Massachusetts and Rhode Island.