Stranding Events of Kogia Whales along the Brazilian Coast [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2016 The genus Kogia, which comprises only two extant species, Kogia sima and Kogia breviceps, represents one of the least known groups of cetaceans in the global ocean.
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An Acoustic Survey of Beaked Whales and Kogia spp. in the Mariana Archipelago Using Drifting Recorders [PDF]
Frontiers in Marine Science, 2021 The distribution, abundance, and habitat of cryptic cetacean species such as beaked whales and dwarf/pygmy sperm whales (Kogia spp.) are challenging to study due to their long dive times and/or very limited surface behavior.
Jennifer L K Mccullough +2 more
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Astrocyte properties in cetacean cortices. [PDF]
Physiol RepCetacean neurons are far more extensively studied in the scientific literature than the other principal cell type of the central nervous system—glia.
Venkatesh A +4 more
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Detection of the elusive Dwarf sperm whale (Kogia sima) using environmental DNA at Malpelo island (Eastern Pacific, Colombia). [PDF]
Ecol Evol, 2021 Monitoring large marine mammals is challenging due to their low abundances in general, an ability to move over large distances and wide geographical range sizes.
Juhel JB +18 more
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Morphological identification of Skrjabinisakis Mozgovoi, 1951 (Nematoda: Anisakidae) in Kogia sima (Cetacea: Kogiidae) from Brazilian waters. [PDF]
Rev Bras Parasitol Vet, 2023 New morphological, morphometric and scanning electron microscopy data of a nematode of the family Anisakidae, recovered from a specimen of Kogia sima, a cetacean that died off the northern coast of Brazil, are presented in this paper.
Pinheiro RHDS, Bezerra AM, Giese EG.
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Pathogenicity of <i>Brucella</i> sp. ST27 <i>Kogia sima</i> Isolates in Murine and Cell Models. [PDF]
Trop Med Infect DisMembers of the genus Brucella are bacterial pathogens of global importance, and their increasing detection in marine mammals has raised concerns for wildlife conservation and public health.
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Gastric lesions associated with the infection of Anisakidae nematodes in a dwarf sperm whale <i>Kogia sima</i> (Owen, 1866) stranded in the north coast of Brazil. [PDF]
Int J Parasitol Parasites WildlThe present study aimed to describe gastric lesions associated with parasitism by different nematodes of the family Anisakidae in a stranded specimen of dwarf sperm whale (Kogia sima) on the northeast coast of the State of Pará, northern Brazil ...
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New records of parasitic copepod (Crustacea, Siphonostomatoida, Pennellidae) found on the body surface of two cetacean species in China. [PDF]
Biodivers Data J, 2023 Pennella balaenoptera Koren & Danielssen, 1877 (Crustacea, Siphonostomatoida, Pennellidae) is so far known as the largest copepod species and has only been found as a parasite on marine mammals.
Zeng Q, Lin Y.
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Metagenomic Insights Into the Role of Gut Microbes in the Defensive Ink "Tsunabi" of Physeteroid Whales. [PDF]
Ecol EvolWhales of the superfamily Physeteroidea, which includes the genera Physeter and Kogia, exhibit a unique visual defense mechanism involving the release of dark reddish‐brown feces (locally called “tsunabi‐ink” in Japan) into the water to obscure ...
Takeuchi H, Matsuishi TF, Hayakawa T.
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Trace element bioaccumulation, tissue distribution, and elimination in odontocetes stranded in Florida and Georgia, USA over a 15-year period (2007-2021). [PDF]
HeliyonOdontocetes obtain nutrients including essential elements through their diet and are exposed to heavy metal contaminants via ingestion of contaminated prey.
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