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Occurrence of Omura’s whale, Balaenoptera omurai (Cetacea: Balaenopteridae), in the Equatorial Atlantic Ocean based on Passive Acoustic Monitoring [PDF]

Journal of Mammalogy, 2020
Abstract The current known distribution of Omura’s whale includes the tropical and warm temperate waters of the western Pacific, Indian, and Atlantic Oceans. Evidence of their presence in the Atlantic Ocean is based on beach cast specimens found on the coasts of Mauritania (North Atlantic) and Northeastern Brazil (South Atlantic).
Moreira, Sergio, Weksler, Marcelo, Sousa-Lima, Renata, Maia, Marcia, Sukhovich, Alexey, Royer, Jean-Yves, Marcondes, Milton, Cechio, Salvatore   +7 more
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Bryde’s Whale (Balaenoptera edeni brydei, Artiodactyla: Balaenopteridae) aggregation area in the Gulf of Chiriqui, Panama

Revista de Biología Tropical, 2023
Introduction: Even though they occur worldwide in tropical and subtropical waters, Bryde’s whales (Balaenoptera edeni) are one of the most enigmatic of all the balaenopterid species. Previous research has reported the presence of Bryde’s whales off the Pacific coast of Panama, but little is known about their behaviors, abundance, and distribution in ...
Kristin Rasmussen, Daniel M. Palacios
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First song description of the humpback whales, Megaptera novaeangliae (Balaenopteridae: Artiodactyla), breeding off Nicaragua

Revista de Biología Tropical, 2023
Introduction: Humpback whales belonging to the Central American (CA) Distinct Population Segment breed off the Pacific coast of Nicaragua. Knowledge on this endangered population and its conservation status is limited. Objective: The aim of this study is to provide the first description of the CA humpback whale song off Nicaragua, which helps further ...
Joelle De Weerdt, Divna Djokic, Renata S. Sousa-Lima, Federica Pace   +3 more
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DNA barcoding of the Bryde’s Whale Balaenoptera edeni Anderson (Cetacea: Balaenopteridae) washed ashore along Kerala coast, India

Journal of Threatened Taxa, 2012
Three whales washed ashore along Kerala coast of southwest India were identified as Bryde’s Whale Balaenoptera edeni Anderson based on sequencing of mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit 1 and cytochrome b genes.
A Bijukumar, S.S Jijith, U. Suresh Kumar, S George   +3 more
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Patterns of cetacean sighting distribution in the Pacific Exclusive Economic Zone of Costa Rica based on data collected from 1979-2001

Revista de Biología Tropical, 2005
Nineteen species of cetaceans (families Balaenopteridae, Kogiidae, Physeteridae, Ziphiidae and Delphinidae) occur in the Costa Rican Pacific Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ).
Laura May-Collado, Tim Gerrodette, John Calambokidis, Kristin Rasmussen, Irena Sereg   +4 more
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Taphonomy and whale-fall analysis of the Tortonian baleen whales from the Stirone river, Emilia Romagna (northern Italy)

Frontiers in Earth Science
IntroductionThe taphonomy of three balaenopterid skeletons is examined in order to describe the traces left by whale fall communities. The whale specimens include two partial skeletons and an isolated periotic; one of the partial skeletons is the ...
Michelangelo Bisconti, Michelangelo Bisconti, Paola Monegatti, Gianluca Raineri, Giandonato Tartarelli, Giorgio Carnevale   +5 more
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La collezione cetologica di Stefano delle Chiaje presso il Gabinetto di Anatomia Generale e Patologica dell’Università di Napoli

Natural History Sciences, 2013
Nel corso di una ricerca sulla vita privata e professionale di Stefano delle Chiaje, lo studio di alcuni documenti ha fatto supporre che la Balenottera Minore esposta nel Museo Zoologico di Napoli fosse quella donata dallo scienziato al Gabinetto di ...
Marielva Torino, Nicola Maio
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Cetáceos del Pací­fico de Guatemala: Cincuenta años de historia

Ciencia, Tecnología y Salud, 2014
En Guatemala el estudio de los cetáceos inició en la década de los sesenta con los primeros registros de varamiento y captura incidental. Sin embargo, pocos trabajos cientí­ficos con datos de cetáceos han sido publicados.
Andrea A. Cabrera Arreola, Jenniffer S. Ortí­z Wolford, Mildred Fabiola Corona Figueroa, Ví­ctor M. Gudiel Corona   +3 more
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Sling, Scoop, and Squirter: Anatomical Features Facilitating Prey Transport, Processing, and Swallowing in Rorqual Whales (Mammalia: Balaenopteridae) [PDF]

The Anatomical Record, 2017
ABSTRACTMuch is known about lunge feeding in balaenopterid whales, but many key aspects of structure, function, and behavior have not yet been explained in detail, especially with regard to concentrating, positioning, and swallowing large aggregations of prey.
Alexander J. Werth, Haruka Ito
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Balaenopteridae Gray 1864

, 2013
Balaenopteridae gen. et sp. indet. aff. Plesiocetus – Boessenecker 2006: 43 A. REFERRED MATERIAL. — UCMP 219137, a right posterior process of a petrotympanic UCMP 219098, 219097, 219107, 219478, one left and three right tympanic bullae, and UCMP 219141, a fragment of the posterior end of a left mandible, collected by R.W.Boessenecker from UCMP ...
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