New beaked whales from the late Miocene of Peru and evidence for convergent evolution in stem and crown Ziphiidae (Cetacea, Odontoceti) [PDF]
PeerJ, 2016 The Ziphiidae (beaked whales) represent a large group of open-ocean odontocetes (toothed cetaceans), whose elusive and deep diving behavior prevents direct observation in their natural habitat.
Giovanni Bianucci +3 more
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Hystrix, the Italian Journal of Mammalogy, 1992 <strong>Abstract</strong> The sighting of four couples of Ziphiidae in the Central Tyrrhenian Sea has been reported. Some considerations about geographic distribution of such cetaceans in the Italian seas are set out below.
Luca Marini +3 more
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Genomic Insights Into the Evolutionary History of Berardius Beaked Whales: Speciation Driven by Resource Specialization, Gigantism and Thermal Barriers? [PDF]
Mol EcolABSTRACT Understanding the diversity of our oceans is fundamental now more than ever as climate change and human activities put increasing pressure on marine species and ecosystems. Beaked whales (family Ziphiidae) are among the most poorly understood marine mammals, in part due to their affinity to offshore underwater canyons and prolonged diving ...
McCarthy ML +5 more
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Navigating Cetacean Mitochondrial Genome Data: Identifying Coverage and Deficiencies in Public Repositories. [PDF]
Mol Ecol ResourABSTRACT 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 +12 more
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A new diminutive fossil ziphiid from the deep-sea floor off northern Chile and some remarks on the body size evolution and palaeobiogeography of the beaked whales [PDF]
Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, 2023 The evolutionary history of the beaked whales (Ziphiidae), odontocetes nowadays adapted to deep diving, is well known thanks to a significant fossil record mainly from the deep ocean floors.
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Stable Isotope Composition of Skin Layers Confirms Trophic Differentiation of Baird's and Sato's Beaked Whales (Berardius spp.) in the Western North Pacific. [PDF]
Rapid Commun Mass SpectromABSTRACT Rationale Closely related whale species can appear similar yet occupy distinct ecological niches. Sato's beaked whale (Berardius minimus) was only recently recognized as a separate species and was previously grouped with Baird's beaked whale (Berardius bairdii), limiting our understanding of their ecological differences.
Filatova OA +7 more
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Drivers of Viral Diversity and Sharing in Marine Mammals. [PDF]
Mol EcolABSTRACT Knowledge of viral infection in marine mammals, a group severely threatened by human activity, is largely limited to the pathology and epidemiology of few endemic viruses. The recent emergence in marine mammals of high‐consequence viruses, such as H5N1 avian influenza and rabies, underscores the importance of understanding the ecology of viral
Arnold MJ +8 more
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Post-Release Survival and Behavioral Recovery of a Rehabilitated Short-Finned Pilot Whale (<i>Globicephala macrorhynchus</i>) in the South China Sea Revealed Through Satellite Tracking. [PDF]
Ecol EvolThis study presents the first empirical evidence of successful rehabilitation and post‐release monitoring of a short‐finned pilot whale in the South China Sea—a region where such data are critically lacking despite frequent stranding events. Using satellite telemetry and a dedicated resighting expedition, we documented the 52‐day movement, diving ...
Liu M, Lin M, Serres A, Ouyang M, Li S.
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A new beaked whale record from the upper Miocene of Menorca, Balearic Islands, based on CT-scan analysis of limestone slabs [PDF]
Acta Palaeontologica Polonica, 2019 The finding of significant vertebrate remains inside commercial stone blocks is relatively rare. Here we describe a fossil cetacean skull discovered inside two slabs cut from a limestone block of Tortonian (i.e., early late Miocene) age from Menorca ...
Giovanni Bianucci +4 more
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Riqueza específica y patrones de distribución de los mamíferos marinos del Pacífico Oriental
Acta Zoológica Lilloana, 2023 Los mamíferos marinos son un grupo polifilético con patrones de diversidad y biogeográficos bien documentados a nivel mundial, sin embargo, se desconoce la diversidad actual en el Pacífico oriental (PO), así como sus patrones latitudinales de ...
Alexis Israel Gutiérrez-Pérez +1 more
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