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Crossing the equator: a northern occurrence of the pygmy right whale

Zoological Letters, 2018
Here we document the first stranding record of the pygmy right whale in the Northern Hemisphere—on the coast of The Gambia, Africa (NE Atlantic Ocean, around latitude 13° N)—a location in stark contrast to its current distribution exclusively south of ...
Cheng-Hsiu Tsai, James G. Mead
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Updated revision of the marine mammals collection housed at the Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales "Bernardino Rivadavia" (Buenos Aires, Argentina) [PDF]

, 2010
Se realizó una revisión de los ejemplares de la Colección de Mamíferos Marinos del Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales "Bernardino Rivadavia". La misma indicó que del total de ejemplares catalogados (n=378), el 56.9% corresponde a Cetacea mientras que ...
Bustos, Raimundo Lucas, Daneri, Gustavo Adolfo, Di Martino, Cecilia C., Harrington, Ana, Montiel, Ricardo Alberto, Negri, Maria Fernanda, Vaccaro, Olga Beatriz, Varela, Esperanza Amalia, Viola, M. Natalia Paso, Zambrana, Mercedes M.   +9 more
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A highly polymorphic insertion in the Y-chromosome amelogenin gene can be used for evolutionary biology, population genetics and sexing in and [PDF]

, 2008
Background The early radiation of the Cetartiodactyla is complex, and unambiguous molecular characters are needed to clarify the positions of hippotamuses, camels and pigs relative to the remaining taxa (Cetacea and Ruminantia).
Matthias Macé, Brigitte Crouau-Roy, BT Lahn, BT Lahn, PG Satchell, S Delgado, JR Boisserie, J Gatesy, M Nikaido, SA Price, JG Thewissen, RG Leduc, MC Milinkovitch, L Hellborg, JR Meadows, C Anderung, CJ Edwards, B Brinkmann, J Bryja, CN Shaw, D Pomp, S Ennis, I Pfeiffer, R Weikard, BC Robertson, I Findlay, PS Walsh, I Findlay, OR Bininda-Emonds, E Petit, P Beerli, IJ Wilson, FJ Ayala, C Moritz, JY Sire, LT Hatch, MA Zeder, J Sambrook, JD Thompson, F Ronquist, K Müller, J Rozas, M Nei   +42 more
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Catalogue of marine mammals of the Mammalogical collection of the Museo de La Plata, Argentina

Revista del Museo de La Plata, 2016
This catalogue lists the materials of marine mammals housed in the Mammalogical collection of Museo de La Plata. This contribution is an update of the unpublished catalogue made by R. Bastida, J.B. Desojo, and L.H. Soibelzon in 1997. It includes all the
A. Itatí Olivares, R. Bastida, M. C. Loza, A. C. Rodríguez, J. B. Desojo, L. H. Soibelzon, L. H. López   +6 more
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Use of Micro-Computed Tomography for Dental Studies in Modern and Fossil Odontocetes: Potential Applications and Limitations

NAMMCO Scientific Publications, 2013
Teeth are important elements in studies of modern and fossil Cetacea (whales, dolphins), providing information on feeding habits, estimations of age and phylogenetic relationships.
Carolina Loch, Donald R Schwass, Jules A Kieser, R Ewan Fordyce   +3 more
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Statistical inference with anchored Bayesian mixture of regressions models: A case study analysis of allometric data

, 2019
We present a case study in which we use a mixture of regressions model to improve on an ill-fitting simple linear regression model relating log brain mass to log body mass for 100 placental mammalian species.
Kunkel, Deborah, Peruggia, Mario
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Sleeping of the marine mammals [PDF]

, 2009
Spavanje je univerzalna pojava široko raširena među svim redovima kralješnjaka. Zbog velikih anatomskih razlika i specifičnih staništa koja pojedine skupine naseljavaju, razvili su se i raznoliki načini spavanja.
Stražić, Ivana
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Ingested bovine amniotic fluid enhances morphine antinociception in rats [PDF]

, 2000
Ingestion by rats of rat placenta or amniotic fluid enhances opioid-mediated, or partly opioid-mediated, antinociception produced by morphine injection, vaginal or cervical stimulation, late pregnancy, and foot shock.
Corpening, James W., Doerr, Jean C., Kristal, Dr. Mark B.   +2 more
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Caviziphius altirostris, a new beaked whale from the Miocene southern North Sea basin [PDF]

, 2005
An odontocete cranium from Miocene deposits in northern Belgium is examined and referred to Caviziphius altirostris, a new genus and species of beaked whale.
Bianucci, G., Post, K.
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Recent whale strandings in northern Tasmania [PDF]

, 1975
Three strandings of whales have recently occurred on the north coast of Tasmania. They involve a single pilot whale, Globicephala sp., amd two large schools of the false killer whale, Pseudorca ...
Green, RH, Scott, EOG
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