LE ATHERWOOD ET AL.: DISTRIBUTION AND MOVEMENTS OF GRAMPUS GRISEUS 



Although the specimen was reportedly deposited 

 in the San Diego Natural History Museum, the 

 Museum has no record of the specimen and its 



Bay and additional specimens could be secured 

 for you if you desire." 



4. (Unpublished). In 1959, a single lower jaw 

 identifiable as that of a Risso's dolphin was 

 brought to Hubbs from Isla de Coco ("Cocos Is- 

 land"), lat. 05°32' N, long. 87°04' W. The location 

 of the specimen is currently unknown. 



5. (Published). On llJune 1963, a 325.0 cm 

 male apparently dead from gunshot wounds 

 stranded on the beach 0.9 km from Princeton by 

 the Sea, San Mateo, Calif The account of the 

 stranding and its workup includes a description of 

 the specimen, analysis of stomach contents, mis- 

 cellaneous external measurements and organ 

 weights, and some cranial measurements (Orr 

 1966). The specimen was deposited in the collec- 

 tion of the California Academy of Sciences, San 

 Francisco (CAS 13461, Orr 1966). This account 

 represents the first continental eastern Pacific 

 record of the species published since the late 19th 

 century. 



6. (Published). In May 1964, a single 11-ft 

 (334.0 cm) Risso's dolphin was observed alive in 

 Big Bay on the west side of Stuart Island, British 

 Columbia (approximately lat. 50°20' N, long. 

 125°00' W). The animal was shot, dissected, and 

 discarded. The caudal peduncle and flukes were 

 later recovered and placed in the collection of the 

 British Columbia Provincial Museum (BCPM 

 907 7) . The animal was reported by the collectors to 

 have been feeding on squid and to have had a 

 heavy intestinal parasite load (Guiget and Pike 

 1965). 



7. (Unpublished). On 13 May 1966, Robert E. 

 Jones (Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, Berkley, 

 Calif.) found a long dead but complete carcass of a 

 stranded male approximately 10 km south of Cape 

 Mendocino, Humbolt County, Calif. The total 

 length of the specimen was 9 ft 7.5 in (293.9 cm). 

 The skull and left flipper were collected and depos- 

 ited at the Humboldt State University (HSC-66- 

 4). 



8. (Published). On 18 March 1967, an adult 

 male stranded alive at Cantomar (Rosarita 

 Beach), 42 km south of Tijuana, Baja California, 

 Mexico (approximately lat. 32°18' N, long. 

 117°00' W). It was taken to Sea World in San 

 Diego, Calif., where it survived for a short time. A 

 photo of this animal appeared in the San Diego 

 Union 28 March 1967 on page B-5. This specimen 

 was 307.0 cm long (Harrison et al. 1969) and 

 weighed 850 lb (386 kg) (measured by Hubbs). 



whereabouts are unknown. 



9. (Published). On 20 April 1967, a 258 cm 

 male apparently dead from a gunshot wound in 

 the head was found stranded at Makkaw Bay, 

 Wash. (lat. 48°19'N, long. 124°40'W).Thedolphin 

 had been dead an estimated 1 mo. Its stomach 

 contained squid beaks and fragments. The skull 

 and postcranial skeleton were preserved in the 

 collection of NWAFC, NMFS, NOAA, Seattle, 

 Wash. (Stroud 1968). 



10. (Unpublished). On 21 January 1969, a 

 309 cm adult male stranded alive at Imperial 

 Beach, San Diego County, Calif The animal was 

 taken to Sea World, San Diego, where it died the 

 night of 21-22 January 1969. The complete skele- 

 ton was collected by Raymond M. Gilmore and 

 deposited in the San Diego Natural History Mu- 

 seum (SDNHM 21554) (R. M. Gilmore'^). 



11. (Published). On 17 April 1970, a 266 cm 

 male washed ashore on the east side of Vargas 

 Island, British Columbia (lat. 49°10' N, long. 

 125°58' W). The skull, axial skeleton, and bones 

 from one pectoral appendage were collected and 

 placed along with a complete photo series 

 (Photofile No. 51) in the collection of the Verte- 

 brate Museum, Department of Zoology, Univer- 

 sity of British Columbia ( UBC 9464 ) . The report of 

 the stranding includes external measurements, 

 organ weights, and an analysis of stomach con- 

 tents (Hatler 1971). 



12. (Unpublished). On 26 December 1970, a 

 male neonate was collected from the beach in 

 Shelter Cove, Humboldt County, Calif. The entire 

 specimen (Field No. WJH 71-1) was deposited at 

 the Humboldt State University (HSU 1620) (W. J. 

 Houck ). 



13. (Unpublished). In August of 1970, re- 

 sponding to a radio call from local fishermen, F. 

 Brocata and B. Falcone of Marineland of the 

 Pacific investigated a call about an "albino" pilot 

 whale which had been harpooned by fishermen 

 between Santa Cruz and Santa Rosa Islands, 

 Calif When Marineland's research boat, the MV 

 Geronimo, approached the whale, which turned 

 out to be a Risso's dolphin, the animal managed to 



"R. M. Gilmore, Research Associate, San Diego Natural His- 

 tory Museum, San Diego, CA 92112, pers commun. to Leather- 

 wood 1975. 



'8W. J. Houck, Humboldt State University, Areata, CA 95521, 

 pers. commun. to Leatherwood 1975. 



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