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A Pygmy Blue Whale (Cetacea: Balaenopteridae) in the Inshore Waters of New Caledonia [PDF]
Pacific Science, 2004 The occurrence of a blue whale is reported for the first time for the New Caledonian archipelago. The whale, a juvenile male in poor condition, entered the shallow inshore waters of the coral reef lagoon (22° 19-24' S, 166° 46-52' E) where it spent at least 1 month until it was killed by whaler sharks on 27 January 2002.
Philipe Borsa, Galice Hoarau
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ON PLESIOCETUS VAN BENEDEN, 1859 (MAMMALIA, CETACEA, MYSTICETI)
Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia, 2021 A new analysis of the “type” Plesiocetus collection established by Van Beneden in the 19th century is performed to provide an updated taxonomy of this genus.
MICHELANGELO BISCONTI, MARK BOSSELAERS
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, 2005 Published as part of Fitzgerald, Erich M. G., 2005, Pliocene marine mammals from the Whalers Bluff Formation of Portland, Victoria, Australia, pp. 67-89 in Memoirs of Museum Victoria 62 (1) on page 72, DOI: 10.24199/j.mmv.2005.62.2, http://zenodo.org/record ...
Wilson, Don E., Reeder, DeeAnn
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Structure of the cerebral cortex of the humpback whale,Megaptera novaeangliae (Cetacea, Mysticeti, Balaenopteridae) [PDF]
The Anatomical Record Part A: Discoveries in Molecular, Cellular, and Evolutionary Biology, 2006 AbstractCetaceans diverged from terrestrial mammals between 50 and 60 million years ago and acquired, during their adaptation to a fully aquatic milieu, many derived features, including echolocation (in odontocetes), remarkable auditory and communicative abilities, as well as a complex social organization. Whereas brain structure has been documented in
Patrick R, Hof, Estel, Van der Gucht
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Using opportunistic sightings to infer differential spatio-temporal use of western Mediterranean waters by the fin whale [PDF]
PeerJ, 2019 The fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus) is a cosmopolitan species with a resident population in the Mediterranean Sea. Due to its habitat, open seas often far from ports and airfields, and its long-distance migratory behaviour, studying and monitoring its ...
Estefanía Torreblanca +5 more
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First records of Balaenoptera edeni (Cetartiodactyla: Balaenopteridae) in the coast of Oaxaca, Mexico [PDF]
Therya, 2016 To date, few studies have focused on the Bryde’s whale, Balaenoptera edeni, one of the nine species comprising the family Balaenopteridae. This species can be distinguished from other rorquals by the presence of three parallel longitudinal ridges on top of the rostrum, whereas other rorquals possess only one.
Francisco Villegas Zurita +3 more
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A note on minke whales (Cetacea: Balaenopteridae) in Uruguay: strandings review
J. Cetacean Res. Manage., 2020 The minke whale is the smallest of the living rorquals and is widely distributed in the tropical, temperate and polar waters of both hemispheres. In the western Southwest Atlantic Ocean there are two currently recognised species, the dwarf form of the common minke whale, Balaenoptera acutorostrata unnamed subsp.
Eduardo Juri +3 more
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From Problem Taxa to Problem Solver: A New Miocene Family, Tranatocetidae, Brings Perspective on Baleen Whale Evolution. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2015 Miocene baleen whales were highly diverse and included tens of genera. However, their taxonomy and phylogeny, as well as relationships with living whales, are still a subject of controversy.
Pavel Gol'din, Mette Elstrup Steeman
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, 2009 Published as part of Muniz-Pereira, Luís C., Vieira, Fabiano M. & Luque, José L., 2009, Checklist of helminth parasites of threatened vertebrate species from Brazil, pp.
Muniz-Pereira, Luís C. +2 more
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, 1982 Published as part of James H. Honacki, Kenneth E. Kinman & James W. Koeppl, 1982, Order Cetacea, pp. 290-304 in Mammal Species of the World (1 st Edition), Lawrence, Kansas, USA :Alien Press, Inc.
James H. Honacki +2 more
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