Discovery Reports (1941)
(...) Records have been published of three specimens of Phocaena dioptrica, all from the South Atlantic region. The type was described by Lahille (1912) and was a pregnant and therefore…
Contribution to the anatomy of the Chinese finless porpoise, Neomeris phocaenoides
Howell, A. B.
Proceedings of the United States National Museum (1927)
Among the spirit specimens of mammals in the United States National Museum are several of the Chinese black finless porpoise, Neomeris phocaenoides (Cuvier), which were presented to the Museum by…
Burmeister’s porpoise (Phocoena spinipinnis)
Allen, G.M.
Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology (1925)
(...) In 1872, Louis Agassiz undertook a voyage around the continent of South America on the ship Hassler for the purpose of zoological investigation. No detailed account of this expedition…
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…
A new porpoise from Japan
Andrews, R. C.
Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History (1911)
(...) On June 18, 1910, while the guest of the Oriental Whaling Company, Ltd. (Toyo Hogei Kabushiki Kaisha), at their station at Aikawahama in the north of Japan, a porpoise…
Guide to the whales, porpoises and dolphins (Order Cetacea) exhibited in the Department of Zoology, British Museum (Natural History)
Harmer, S. F.
(1909)
Porpoise. The Porpoise [Phocaena communis, or P. phocaena) is the smallest and most common of the Cetaceans found in the seas around the British Isles, and it also frequents the…
On an Indian dolphin and porpoise
Lydekker, R.
Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London (1908)
(...) Once more I am indebted to the Director - Lieut.-Colonel F. W. Dawson - of the Trevandrum Museum for sketches and measurements of certain Cetaceans recently captured on the…
Contributions to the natural history of the cetaceans, a review of the family Delphinidae
True, F. W.
Bulletin - United States National Museum (1889)
(Phocoenid-related excerpts) (...) NEOMERIS Gray This genus appears to have but one character to distinguish it from Phocaena, namely, the absence of a dorsal fin. I was unable to discover…
Phocaena phocaenoides
Blanford, W.T.
The Fauna of British India: Mammalia (1888)
Abstract currently unavailable (p. 574-575)
On a new species of porpoise, Phocaena dalli, from Alaska
True, F.W.
Proceedings of the United States National Museum (1885)
(...) I am enabled to add a new species, through the kindness of Mr. William H. Dall, who has placed at my disposal his notes upon and drawings of two…