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Order Cetacea

, 1993
James G. Mead, Robert L. Brownell, Jr. (1993): Order Cetacea. In: Don E. Wilson, DeeAnn M. Reeder (Eds): Mammal Species of the World (2nd Edition). Washington and London: Smithsonian Institution Press: 349-364, ISBN: 1-56098-217-9, DOI: http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo ...
Mead, James G., Brownell, Robert L., Jr.
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A NEW FIND OF HEMISYNTRACHELUS (CETACEA, DELPHINIDAE) FROM PIACENZIAN SEDIMENTS OF RIO STRAMONTE (NORTHERN APENNINES, ITALY)

Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia, 1997
An incomplete skull of Hemisyntrachelus sp. (Cetacea, Delphinidae) is described from the Piacenzian clayey marls of Rio Stramonte (Piacenza, Italy). The new find confirms the abundance of Hemisyntrachelus in the peri-Adriatic area during the Pliocene.
GIOVANNI BIANUCCI
doaj   +2 more sources

Navigating Cetacean Mitochondrial Genome Data: Identifying Coverage and Deficiencies in Public Repositories. [PDF]

Mol Ecol Resour
ABSTRACT Genetic reference databases underpin a wide range of molecular approaches used to study cetacean biodiversity, including environmental DNA (eDNA), yet their reliability depends critically on data completeness, taxonomic accuracy, and metadata quality.
Afonso L, Lagrotteria A, Lavrador AS, Suarez-Bregua P, Álvarez-González M, Valente R, Jensen MR, Saavedra C, Morais DK, Sousa-Pinto I, Pierce GJ, Magalhães C, Correia AM.   +12 more
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Humans are not unique: difficult birth is common in placental mammals. [PDF]

Biol Rev Camb Philos Soc
ABSTRACT Human childbirth is widely presumed to be uniquely difficult and dangerous compared to birth in other mammals. Tight fetopelvic proportions can result in obstructed labour and contribute to high rates of maternal and neonatal mortality. Ideas summarised under the ‘obstetrical dilemma’ have contributed to this assumption by explaining difficult
Grunstra NDS.
europepmc   +2 more sources

Diving on damage—the muscle transcriptome of parasitic infested harbor porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) hints at oxidative stress but not hypoxia

Frontiers in Marine Science, 2023
The only native cetacean in German waters, the harbor porpoise (Phocoena phocoena), is impacted by numerous pathological lesions in the respiratory tract mainly caused by parasites or bacteria.
Eda Merve Dönmez, Eda Merve Dönmez, Ursula Siebert, Andrej Fabrizius   +3 more
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Diversity and Consequences of Social Network Structure in Toothed Whales

Frontiers in Marine Science, 2021
Toothed whales (suborder Odontoceti) are highly social, large brained mammals with diverse social systems. In recent decades, a large body of work has begun investigating these dynamic, complex societies using a common set of analytical tools: social ...
Michael N. Weiss, Michael N. Weiss, Samuel Ellis, Darren P. Croft   +3 more
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No leading‐edge effect in North Atlantic harbor porpoises: Evolutionary and conservation implications

Evolutionary Applications, 2021
Understanding species responses to past environmental changes can help forecast how they will cope with ongoing climate changes. Harbor porpoises are widely distributed in the North Atlantic and were deeply impacted by the Pleistocene changes with the ...
Yacine Ben Chehida, Roisin Loughnane, Julie Thumloup, Kristin Kaschner, Cristina Garilao, Patricia E. Rosel, Michael C. Fontaine   +6 more
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Correction to: ‘Rostrum morphology and feeding strategy of the baleen whale indicate that right whales and pygmy right whales became skimmers independently’ (2022), by Tanaka [PDF]

Royal Society Open Science
Yoshihiro Tanaka
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Sightings of <em>Delphinus delphis</em> (Cetacea, Odontoceti) in the Otranto Channel (Southern Adriatic Sea and Northern Ionian Sea) / Avvistamenti di <em>Delphinus delphis</em> (Cetacea, Odontoceti) nel Canale d'Otranto (Mar Adriatico Meridionale e Mar Ionio Settentrionale)

Hystrix, the Italian Journal of Mammalogy, 1992
<strong>Abstract</strong> Two sightings of Common dolphin <em>Delphinus delphis</em> in the Channel of Otranto are reported, and the status of this species in the Mediterranean Sea is briefly discussed.
Francesco Maria Angelici, Luca Marini
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The International Whaling Commission – Beyond Whaling

Frontiers in Marine Science, 2016
Since its establishment in 1946 as the international body intended to manage whaling, the International Whaling Commission (IWC) has expanded its areas of interest to ensure the wider conservation of whales.
Andrew John Wright, Mark Peter Simmonds, Barbara Galletti Vernazzani   +2 more
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