Abstract:
The iziko South African Museum has a comprehensive collection of cetacean and Cape fur seal skeletal material. Skeletal material from other marine mammals is also held. Part of this collection is on exhibition in the museum's Whale Well.
It currently contains 14484 records of 46 families.
Quality
This is a newly digitized data set, so should be of good quality. Many of the lat/long positions have been sourced from a gazetteer.
Access Constraints
None.
Use Constraints
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