The Marine Mammals of the North-western Coast of North America (1874)
(...) This peculiar species of Dolphin is the least in size of the entire whale tribe inhabiting the Pacific North American Coast. When fully matured it may attain the length…
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…
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…
A review of methods for defining population structure in the harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena)
Lockyer, Christina
NAMMCOSP (2003)
Wide-ranging methods that have been used to determine population structure, including distribution, life history, biology, ecological factors such as diet and contaminant loads, morphology and genetics, are reviewed. The importance…
Geographical variation in harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) skulls: Support for a separate non-migratory population in the Baltic proper
Huggenberger, S.; Benke, H.; Kinze, C.C.
Ophelia (2002)
We measured metric and scored non-metric characters of 242 harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) skulls from the North and the Baltic Sea and subdivided them into three geographical areas: The German…
Aspects of the morphology, body fat condition and biology of the harbour porpoise, Phocoena phocoena, in British waters
Lockyer, C.
Report of the International Whaling Commission (1995)
Specimens of harbour porpoises, Phocoena phocoena, from both strandings and bycatch in fisheries around the United Kingdom between 1985 and 1994 have been examined. Full autopsies were undertaken on most…
Developmental patterns in osteology and external morphology in Phocoena phocoena
Stuart, L.J.; Morejohn, G.V.
Report of the International Whaling Commission (1980)
Dentinal growth layer groups (GLGs) in teeth were counted for 84 beach-cast specimens of Phocoena phocoena from the northeastern Pacific (mostly California). Measurements of external, cranial, and postcranial traits were…
The relationship between heart mass and body mass for three cetacean genera: Narrow allometry demonstrates interspecific differences
Ridgway, Sam H.; Kohin, Suzanne
Marine Mammal Sci (1995)
(...) Brody (1945) fitted an allometric equation to heart mass (kg) as a function of body mass (kg) for adult mammals ranging in body size from 0.01 to over 100,000…
Two new extinct basal phocoenids (Cetacea, Odontoceti, Delphinoidea), from the upper Miocene Koetoi Formation of Japan and their phylogenetic significance
Murakami, Mizuki; Shimada, Chieko; Hikida, Yoshinori; Hirano, Hiromichi
Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology (2012)
Two new extinct porpoises—Archaeophocaena teshioensis, gen. et sp. nov., and Miophocaena nishinoi, gen. et sp. nov.—are described from the upper Miocene Koetoi Formation (5.5–6.4 Ma) of Hokkaido, Northern Japan. The…