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Marine mammals of the world : a comprehensive guide to their identification /

This new edition of Marine Mammals of the World describes and illustrates newly discovered and rarely photographed species, making it the most comprehensive and up-to-date identification guide available. The book encompasses cetacean, pinniped, and sirenian species, as well as extinct species, and d...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Jefferson, Thomas A.
Otros Autores: Webber, Marc A., Pitman, Robert L.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam : Elsevier, [2015]
Edición:Second edition.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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505 0 |a Front Cover -- Marine Mammals of the World -- Copyright -- Table of Contents -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- The Need for This Guide -- Marine Mammal Identification and How to Use This Guide -- Notes on the Format of the Species Accounts -- Notes on the Identification Keys -- Request for Feedback from Users -- Chapter 2: Basic Marine Mammal Biology -- What is a Marine Mammal? -- Types of Marine Mammals -- Basic Marine Mammal Biology -- Chapter 3: Taxonomic Groupings Above the Species Level -- Cetacea-Whales, dolphins, and porpoises. 
505 8 |a Blainville's Beaked Whale -- Mesoplodon densirostris -- Note on Beaked Whales of the Genus Mesoplodon -- Gray's Beaked Whale -- Mesoplodon grayi -- Ginkgo-Toothed Beaked Whale-Mesoplodon ginkgodens -- Deraniyagala's Beaked Whale-Mesoplodon hotaula -- Hector's Beaked Whale-Mesoplodon hectori -- Perrin's Beaked Whale-Mesoplodon perrini -- Hubbs' Beaked Whale-Mesoplodon carlhubbsi -- Pygmy Beaked Whale-Mesoplodon peruvianus -- Sowerby's Beaked Whale-Mesoplodon bidens -- Gervais' Beaked Whale-Mesoplodon europaeus -- True's Beaked Whale -- Mesoplodon mirus. 
505 8 |a Common Minke Whale-Balaenoptera acutorostrata -- Antarctic Minke Whale-Balaenoptera bonaerensis -- Humpback Whale -- Megaptera novaeangliae -- Gray Whale -- Eschrichtius robustus -- Sperm Whale -- Physeter macrocephalus -- Pygmy Sperm Whale -- Kogia breviceps -- Dwarf Sperm Whale -- Kogia sima -- Baird's Beaked Whale -- Berardius bairdii -- Arnoux's Beaked Whale -- Berardius arnuxii -- Cuvier's Beaked Whale -- Ziphius cavirostris -- Northern Bottlenose Whale -- Hyperoodon ampullatus -- Southern Bottlenose Whale -- Hyperoodon planifrons -- Shepherd's Beaked Whale -- Tasmacetus shepherdi. 
505 8 |a Order Sirenia-Manatees and Dugongs -- Order Carnivora-Carnivorous mammals (including pinnipeds, marine otters, and polar bear) -- Pinnipedia-Seals, sea lions, and walruses -- Chapter 4: Cetaceans -- North Atlantic Right Whale-Eubalaena glacialis -- North Pacific Right Whale-Eubalaena japonica -- Southern Right Whale-Eubalaena australis -- Bowhead Whale-Balaena mysticetus -- Pygmy Right Whale-Caperea marginata -- Blue Whale-Balaenoptera musculus -- Fin Whale-Balaenoptera physalus -- Sei Whale-Balaenoptera borealis -- Bryde's Whale-Balaenoptera edeni -- Omura's Whale-Balaenoptera omurai. 
505 8 |a Strap-Toothed Beaked Whale -- Mesoplodon layardii -- Andrews' Beaked Whale -- Mesoplodon bowdoini -- Stejneger's Beaked Whale -- Mesoplodon stejnegeri -- Spade-Toothed Beaked Whale -- Mesoplodon traversii -- Longman's Beaked Whale -- lndopacetus pacificus -- Narwhal -- Monodon monoceros -- Beluga Whale -- Delphinapterus leucas -- Australian Snubfin Dolphin -- Orcaella heinsohni -- Irrawaddy Dolphin -- Orcaella brevirostris -- Killer Whale -- Orcinus orca -- Short-Finned Pilot Whale -- Globicephala macrorhynchus -- Long-Finned Pilot Whale -- Globicephala melas -- False Killer Whale -- Pseudorca crassidens. 
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