Fin whale cranium

3D Model

Description: This is a 3D light structured surface scan of a fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus) registered in 1862.

This has been scanned as part of the Museum’s Digital Collections Programme, to find out more visit www.nhm.ac.uk/digitalcollections

Comments: Fin whale is the second largest species of baleen whale after the blue whale. They are found worldwide in all oceans excluding tropical waters.

Specimen number: NHMUK 1862.7.18.1

Visit the dataset (https://doi.org/10.5519/0020467) and specimen record on the Museum’s Data Portal for images and to request high resolution scan data.