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 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…
The Bay Porpoise
Scammon, C.M.
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…
A contribution to the knowledge of the marine fauna of Kurrachee
Murray, J. A.
The Annals and Magazine of Natural History (1884)
(...) In this paper I shall describe two new species - one a Shark of the genus Lamna, and the other a Cetacean of the family Delphinidae, and of the…
A new species of Haborophocoena , an early Pliocene phocoenid cetacean from Hokkaido, Japan
Ichishima, Hiroto; Kimura, Masaichi
Marine Mammal Science (2009)
A new species of phocoenid cetacean Haborophocoena, collected from the Early Pliocene Embetsu Formation, in the close vicinity to the site where the holotype of the type species of the…
Sexual dimorphism of Dall’s porpoise and harbor porpoise skulls
Frandsen, Marie Schou; Galatius, Anders
Mammalian Biology - Zeitschrift für Säugetierkunde (2013)
To evaluate and quantify sexual dimorphism of skull shape and assess the ontogenetic background for differences, samples of 134 harbor porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) and 85 Dall's porpoise (Phocoenoides dalli) were…
Notice of a new species of porpoise (Phocaena tuberculifera) inhabiting the mouth of the Thames
Gray, J.E.
Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London (1865)
Abstract currently unavailable
Phocaena phocaenoides
Blanford, W.T.
The Fauna of British India: Mammalia (1888)
Abstract currently unavailable (p. 574-575)
A rare porpoise of the south Atlantic, Phocaena dioptrica (Lahille, 1912)
Hamilton, J. E.
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…
Morphology of the odontocete melon and its implications for acoustic function
McKenna, Megan F.; Cranford, Ted W.; Berta, Annalisa; Pyenson, Nicholas D.
Marine Mammal Science (2011)
Toothed whales (crown Odontoceti) are unique among mammals in their ability to echolocate underwater, using specialized tissue structures. The melon, a structure composed of fat and connective tissue, is an…