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Marine mammals of the world : a comprehensive guide to their identification /
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Otros Autores: | , , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London :
Academic Press,
[2015]
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| Edición: | Second edition. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction
- Basic marine mammal biology
- Taxonomic groupings above the species level
- Cetaceans
- Pinnipeds
- Sirenians
- Otters & polar bear
- Extinct species
- Identification keys.
- Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction
- 2. Basic Marine Mammal Biology
- 3. Taxonomic Groupings Above the Species Level
- 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
- 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
- Note continued: Ziphius cavirostris
- Northern bottlenose whale
- Hyperoodon ampullatus
- Southern bottlenose whale
- Hyperoodon planifrons
- Shepherd's beaked whale
- Tasmacetus shepherdi
- 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 bectori
- 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
- Strap-toothed beaked whale
- Mesoplodon layardii
- Andrew's beaked whale
- Mesoplodon bowdoini
- Stejneger's beaked whale
- Mesoplodon stejnegeri
- Spade-toothed beaked whale
- Note continued: Mesoplodontraversii
- Longman's beaked whale
- Indopacetus 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
- Pygmy killer whale
- Feresa attenuata
- Melon-headed whale
- Peponocephala electra
- Risso's dolphin
- Grampus griseus
- Tucuxi
- Sotalia fluviatilis
- Guiana dolphin
- Sotalia guianensis
- Rough-toothed dolphin
- Steno bredanensis
- Atlantic humpback dolphin
- Sousa teuszii
- Indo-Pacific humpback dolphin
- Sousa chinensis
- Indian Ocean humpback dolphin
- Sousa plumbea
- Australian humpback dolphin
- Sousa sahulensis
- Common bottlenose dolphin
- Tursiops truncatus
- Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphin
- Note continued: Tursiops aduncus
- Pantropical spotted dolphin
- Stenella attenuata
- Atlantic spotted dolphin
- Stenella frontalis
- Spinner dolphin
- Stenella longirostris
- Clymene dolphin
- Stenella clymene
- Striped dolphin
- Stenella coeruleoalba
- Short-beaked common dolphin
- Delphinus delphis
- Long-beaked common dolphin
- Delphinus capensis
- Fraser's dolphin
- Lagenodelphis hosei
- White-beaked dolphin
- Lagenorhynchus albirostris
- Atlantic white-sided dolphin
- Lagenorhynchus acutus
- Pacific white-sided dolphin
- Lagenorhynchus obliquidens
- Dusky dolphin
- Lagenorhynchus obscurus
- Hourglass dolphin
- Lagenorhynchus cruciger
- Peale's dolphin
- Lagenorhynchus australis
- Northern right whale dolphin
- Lissodelphis borealis
- Southern right whale dolphin
- Lissodelphis peronii
- Commerson's dolphin
- Cephalorhynchus commersonii
- Heaviside's dolphin
- Cephalorhynchus heavisidii
- Hector's dolphin
- Note continued: Cephalorhynchus hectori
- Chilean dolphin
- Cephalorhynchus eutropia
- Dall's porpoise
- Phocoenoides dalli
- Harbor porpoise
- Phocoena phocoena
- Spectacled porpoise
- Phocoena dioptrica
- Burmeister's porpoise
- Phocoena spinipinnis
- Vaquita
- Phocoena sinus
- Indo-Pacific finless porpoise
- Neophocaena phocaenoides
- Narrow-ridged finless porpoise
- Neophocaena asiaeorientalis
- South Asian river dolphin
- Platanista gangetica
- Amazon River dolphin
- Inia geoffrensis
- Franciscana
- Pontoporia blainvillei
- 5. Pinnipeds
- Northern fur seal
- Callorhinus ursinus
- Note on Hybrid Southern Hemisphere Fur Seals Genus Arctocephalus
- Antarctic fur seal
- Arctocephalus gazella
- Juan Fernandez and Guadalupe fur seals
- Arctocephalus philippii
- Galapagos fur seal
- Arctocephalus galapagoensis
- South American fur seal
- Arctocephalus australis
- New Zealand fur seal
- Arctocephalus forsteri
- Subantarctic fur seal
- Note continued: Arctocephalus tropicalis
- Cape and Australian fur seals
- Arctocephalus pusillus
- Steller sea lion
- Eumetopias jubatus
- California sea lion
- Zalophus californianus
- Galapagos sea lion
- Zalophus wollebaeki
- South American sea lion
- Otaria byronia
- Australian sea lion
- Neophoca cinerea
- New Zealand sea lion
- Phocarctos hookeri
- Walrus
- Odobenus rosmarus
- Hawaiian monk seal
- Neomonachus schauinslandi
- Mediterranean monk seal
- Monachus monachus
- Ross seal
- Ommatophoca rossii
- Crabeater seal
- Lobodon carcinophaga
- Leopard seal
- Hydrurga leptonyx
- Weddell seal
- Leptonychotes weddellii
- Southern elephant seal
- Mirounga leonina
- Northern elephant seal
- Mirounga angustirostris
- Bearded seal
- Erignathus barbatus
- Hooded seal
- Cystophora cristata
- Gray seal
- Halichoerus grypus
- Ribbon seal
- Histriophoca fasciata
- Harp seal
- Pagophilus groenlandicus
- Harbor seal
- Phoca vitulina
- Note continued: Spotted seal
- Phoca largha
- Ringed seal
- Pusa hispida
- Baikal seal
- Pusa sibirica
- Caspian seal
- Pusa caspica
- 6. Sirenians
- West Indian manatee
- Trichechus manatus
- African manatee
- Trichechus senegalensis
- Amazonian manatee
- Trichechus inunguis
- Dugong
- Dugong dugon
- 7. Otters & Polar Bear
- Sea otter
- Enhydra lutris
- Marine otter
- Lontra felina
- Polar bear
- Ursus maritimus
- 8. Extinct Species
- Baiji
- Lipotes vexillifer
- Japanese sea lion
- Zalophus japonicus
- Caribbean monk seal
- Neomonachus tropicalis
- Steller's sea cow
- Hydrodamalis gigas
- 9. Identification Keys
- A. Key to Identification of Cetaceans of the World, Based on External Appearance
- B. Key to Identification of Cetaceans of the World, Based on Skull Morphology
- C. Key to Identification of Baleen Whales of the World, Based on Baleen Plates
- D. Key to Identification of Pinnipeds of the World, Based on External Appearance
- Note continued: E. Key to identification of Pinnipeds of the World, Based on Skull Morphology
- F. Key to Identification of Sirenians of the World, Based on External Appearance and Distribution
- G. Key to Identification of Sirenians of the World, Based on Skull Morphology
- 10. Sources for More Information
- 11. Index
- Common Names
- 12. Index
- Scientific Names.