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Whales, Dolphins, and Porpoises of the Western North Atlantic A Guide to Their Identification
PREFACE
CONTENTS
ABSTRACT
INTRODUCTION
CLASSIFICATION OF CETACEANS
DOLPHIN OR PORPOISE
ORGANIZATION OF THE GUIDE
HOW TO USE THE GUIDE
To Identify Animals at Sea
To Identify Stranded Animals
To Record and Report Information
DIRECTORY TO SPECIES ACCOUNTS
LARGE WHALES (40-85 feet [12-26 m] maximum overall length)
With a Dorsal Fin
(40-65 feet [12-20 m] maximum overall length)
Without a Dorsal Fin
MEDIUM-SIZED WHALES (13-32 feet [4-10 m] maximum overall length)
With a Dorsal Fin
(13-16 feet [4-5 m] maximum overall length)
Without a Dorsal Fin
SMALL WHALES, DOLPHINS, AND PORPOISES (less than 13 feet [4 m] maximum overall length)
With a Dorsal Fin
SPECIES ACCOUNTS
Large Whales With a Dorsal Fin
BLUE WHALE (B)[9] Balaenoptera musculus (Linnaeus 1758)
FIN WHALE (B) Balaenoptera physalus (Linnaeus 1758)
SEI WHALE (B) Balaenoptera borealis Lesson 1828
BRYDE'S WHALE (B) Balaenoptera edeni Anderson 1879
HUMPBACK WHALE (B) Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski 1781)
Large Whales Without a Dorsal Fin
BOWHEAD WHALE (B) Balaena mysticetus Linnaeus 1758
RIGHT WHALE (B) Eubalaena glacialis (Borowski 1781)
SPERM WHALE (T) Physeter catodon Linnaeus 1758
Medium-sized Whales With a Dorsal Fin
MINKE WHALE (B) Balaenoptera acutorostrata Lacepede 1804
NORTHERN BOTTLENOSED WHALE (T) Hyperoodon ampullatus (Forster 1770)
GOOSEBEAKED WHALE (T) Ziphius cavirostris G. Cuvier 1823
OTHER BEAKED WHALES (T) Mesoplodon spp.
TRUE'S BEAKED WHALE (T) Mesoplodon minis True 1913
ANTILLEAN BEAKED WHALE (T) Mesoplodon europaeus (Gervais 1855) (equals M. gervaisi [Deslongchamps])
DENSE-BEAKED WHALE (T) Mesoplodon densirostris (Blainville in Desmarest 1817)
NORTH SEA BEAKED WHALE (T) Mesoplodon bidens (Sowerby 1804)
KILLER WHALE (T) Orcinus orca (Linnaeus 1758)
FALSE KILLER WHALE (T) Pseudorca crassidens (Owen 1846)
ATLANTIC PILOT WHALE (T) Globicephala melaena (Traill 1809)
SHORT-FINNED PILOT WHALE (T) Globicephala macrorhynchus Gray 1846
GRAMPUS (T) Grampus griseus (G. Cuvier 1812)
Medium-sized Whales Without a Dorsal Fin
BELUGA (T) Delphinapterus leucas (Pallas 1776)
NARWHAL (T) Monodon monoceros Linnaeus 1758
Small Whales, Dolphins, and Porpoises With a Dorsal Fin
ATLANTIC SPOTTED DOLPHIN (T) Stenella plagiodon (Cope 1866)
BRIDLED DOLPHIN (T) Stenella frontalis (G. Cuvier 1829)
SPINNER DOLPHIN (T) Stenella longirostris Gray 1828
STRIPED DOLPHIN (T) Stenella coeruleoalba (Meyen 1833)
SADDLEBACK DOLPHIN (T) Delphinus delphis Linnaeus 1758
FRASER'S DOLPHIN (T) Lagenodelphis hosei Fraser 1956
ATLANTIC WHITE-SIDED DOLPHIN (T) Lagenorhynchus acutus (Gray 1828)
WHITE-BEAKED DOLPHIN (T) Lagenorhynchus albirostris Gray 1846
ATLANTIC BOTTLENOSED DOLPHIN (T) Tursiops truncatus (Montague 1821)
GUIANA DOLPHIN (T) Sotalia guianensis (P.-J. van Beneden 1864)
ROUGH-TOOTHED DOLPHIN (T) Steno bredanensis (G. Cuvier in Lesson 1828)
PYGMY KILLER WHALE (T) Feresa attenuata Gray 1874
MANY-TOOTHED BLACKFISH (T) Peponocephala electra (Gray 1846)
PYGMY SPERM WHALE (T) Kogia breviceps (Blainville 1838)
DWARF SPERM WHALE (T) Kogia simus (Owen 1866)
HARBOR PORPOISE (T) Phocoena phocoena (Linnaeus 1758)
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
APPENDIX A TAGS ON WHALES, DOLPHINS, AND PORPOISES
Static Tags
Radio Transmitter Tags
Natural Markings
APPENDIX B RECORDING AND REPORTING OBSERVATIONS OF CETACEANS AT SEA
GENERAL INFORMATION
SIGHTING INFORMATION
APPENDIX C STRANDED WHALES, DOLPHINS, AND PORPOISES With a Key to the Identification of Stranded Cetaceans of the Western North Atlantic
Stranded Animals
Identifying the Animal
KEY TO THE IDENTIFICATION OF STRANDED CETACEANS OF THE WESTERN NORTH ATLANTIC
APPENDIX D RECORDING AND REPORTING DATA ON STRANDED CETACEANS
APPENDIX E LIST OF INSTITUTIONS TO CONTACT REGARDING STRANDED CETACEANS
CANADA
UNITED STATES
OTHERS
NOAA TECHNICAL REPORTS National Marine Fisheries Service, Circulars
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