Irrawaddy dolphins Orcaella brevirostris and finless porpoises Neophocaena phocaenoides are referred to as facultative freshwater cetaceans because they occupy both fresh- and nearshore marine waters. In Asia, the especially rapid…
This study was concerned with the taxonomy of the Finless Black Porpoise. Morphological and biometric analyses of the body and skull measurements of Pakistani, Chinese and Japanese specimens revealed that…
The existence of at least two biological species of finless porpoises (Neophocaena phocaenoides and N. asiaeorientalis) was accepted only recently. Given the vulnerability of finless porpoises to human activities throughout…
Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) are rapidly becoming the population genomic markers in addressing ecology, evolution, and conservation issues for their high capacity to access variability across the genome. We isolated…
Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) and organochlorine compounds (OCs) were determined in the blubber of male finless porpoises (Neophocaena phocaenoides) collected in 1990 and 2000/01 from the South China Sea. Among…
In spite of important differences in shape and appearance, the tongues of Pontoporia blainvillei, Neomeris phocaenoides and Delphinus tropicalis present certain common characteristics. None have papillae resembling, even slightly, those…
This paper is a contribution to the knowledge of the marine and estuarine cetacean fauna of Pakistani waters and it is based on the investigation of our own material collected…
(...) Six complete [N. phocaenoides] (3 male, 3 female) have been collected in the Karachi Waters and in the Indus Delta Region by G. PILLERI. The testes and ovaries of…
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