Recent whale strandings in northern Tasmania

• Published in: Papers and Proceedings of The Royal Society of Tasmania
• Main Authors: Scott, EOG, Green, RH
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 1975
• Subjects: Tasmania; Hobart; Royal Society of Tasmania; RST; Van Diemens Land; natural history; science; ecology; taxonomy; botany; zoology; geology; geography; papers & proceedings; Australia; UTAS Library; Killer Whale
• Online Access: https://eprints.utas.edu.au/13819/; https://eprints.utas.edu.au/13819/4/1975_Scott_Recent_whale.pdf

Three strandings of whales have recently occurred on the north coast of Tasmania. They involve a single pilot whale, Globicephala sp., amd two large schools of the false killer whale, Pseudorca crassidens.