Cargando…
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...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
|---|---|
| Autor principal: | |
| Otros Autores: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
| Publicado: |
Amsterdam :
Elsevier,
[2015]
|
| Edición: | Second edition. |
| Temas: | |
| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.