South African Journal of Antarctic Research (1976)
A numerical format for recording details of the main identifying features of cetaceans seen at sea is given. Each identifying character is divided into a number of character states which…
Spectacled porpoise Phocoena dioptrica Lahille, 1912
Brownell, R. L. Jr.; Clapham, P. J.
Handbook of Marine Mammals (1999)
Abstract currently unavailable
A review of human impact on small cetaceans
Northridge, S.; Pilleri, G.
Investigations on Cetacea (1986)
(...) This document attempts to gather together as much information as is available on the extent of current killings of small cetaceans throughout the world, and also to highlight some…
On three odontocete skulls from Heard Island
Guiler, E. R.; Burton, H. R.; Gales, N. J.
Scientific Reports of the Whales Research Institute (1987)
Two crania and a rostrum were recovered from Heard Island by the 1985 Australian National Antarctic Expedition to that island. The specimens were assigned to three species, two of which,…
Second record of spectacled porpoise from subantarctic southwest Pacific
Fordyce, R. E.; Mattlin, R. H.; Dixon, J. M.
Scientific Reports of the Whales Research Institute (1984)
An incomplete skull of unknown sex of a sub-adult spectacled porpoise (Phocoena dioptrica Lahille, 1912) was collected at Macquarie Island (54°30'S, 159°00'E) in July 1957. Cranial measurements are given, and…
Report on the small cetaceans stranded on the coasts of Tierra del Fuego
Goodall, R. N. P.
Scientific Reports of the Whales Research Institute (1978)
Little work has been done on the smaller cetaceans of Tierra del Fuego. Data on strandings and new specimens for the following 14 species is presented: Lagenorhynchus australis, Cephalorhynchus commersonii,…
Review of small cetaceans: Distribution, behaviour, migration and threats
Culik, Boris
(2004)
This report summarises the available knowledge on odontocete (toothed whale) distribution, behaviour, migration and threats and was compiled for the Bonn Secretariat of CMS.
Comparative anatomy of the bony labyrinth of extant and extinct porpoises (Cetacea: Phocoenidae)
Racicot, Rachel A.; Gearty, William; Kohno, Naoki; Flynn, John J.
Biological Journal of the Linnean Society (2016)
The inner ear anatomy of cetaceans, now more readily accessible by means of nondestructive high-resolution X-ray computed tomographic (CT) scanning, provides a window into their acoustic abilities and ecological preferences.…
Nota preliminar sobre una nueva especie de marsopa del río de la Plata (Phocaena dioptrica)
Lahille, Fernando
Anales del Museo Nacional de Historia Natural de Buenos Aires (1912)
(...) La inspección de los dientes del animal, dientes muy pequeños, comprimidos y espatulados, me demostró que el delfín pertenecía al género Phocaena. Como por otro lado, los ojos se…
Burmeister’s porpoise Phocoena spinipinnis Burmeister, 1865, off the Punta del Diablo, Uruguay
Pilleri, G.; Gihr, M.
Investigations on Cetacea (1972)
Information is communicated on the occurrence of Phoconea spinipinnis off the Uruguayan coast and on the general geographical distribution of this rare species. In contradiction to the observations of ALLEN…