Whales, Dolphins, and Porpoises of the Western North Atlantic, by Stephen Leatherwood, David K. Caldwell, and Howard E. Winn

About this eBook

Author

Winn, Howard Elliott, 1926-1995

Title

Whales, dolphins, and porpoises of the western North Atlantic : a guide to their identification

Credits

Produced by Chris Curnow, Simon Gardner, Joseph Cooper and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net

Language

English

LoC Class

QL: Science: Zoology

Subject

Mammals -- North Atlantic Ocean

Category

Text

eBook-No.

33527

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/33527

Release Date

August 25, 2010

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Whales, Dolphins, and Porpoises of the Western North Atlantic A Guide to Their Identification — PREFACE — CONTENTS — ABSTRACT
2. 2.INTRODUCTION
3. 3.CLASSIFICATION OF CETACEANS
4. 4.DOLPHIN OR PORPOISE
5. 5.ORGANIZATION OF THE GUIDE
6. 6.HOW TO USE THE GUIDE — To Identify Animals at Sea — To Identify Stranded Animals — To Record and Report Information
7. 7.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
8. 8.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)
9. 9.ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
10. 10.SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
11. 11.APPENDIX A TAGS ON WHALES, DOLPHINS, AND PORPOISES — Static Tags — Radio Transmitter Tags — Natural Markings
12. 12.APPENDIX B RECORDING AND REPORTING OBSERVATIONS OF CETACEANS AT SEA — GENERAL INFORMATION — SIGHTING INFORMATION
13. 13.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
14. 14.APPENDIX D RECORDING AND REPORTING DATA ON STRANDED CETACEANS
15. 15.APPENDIX E LIST OF INSTITUTIONS TO CONTACT REGARDING STRANDED CETACEANS — CANADA — UNITED STATES — OTHERS
16. 16.NOAA TECHNICAL REPORTS National Marine Fisheries Service, Circulars

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