Aquatic Mammals (1988)
(...) Tongues (Lingua) of dead harbour porpoises are much smaller than those of comparable terrestrial mammals (Boenninghaus, 1903). With the exception of a small area at the tip of the…
(...) Tongues (Lingua) of dead harbour porpoises are much smaller than those of comparable terrestrial mammals (Boenninghaus, 1903). With the exception of a small area at the tip of the…
The conducting system of the heart of the harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena, Linnaeus, 1758) is described macroscopically as well as microscopically. The topography and microscopy of this system in the…
(...) Dolphins are well-known for their developed hearing and echolocation systems. However, data on the organization of other sensory systems in these animals are limited. Namely, the organization of the…
Two species of freshwater dolphin are known to have existed in the Yangtse River, China, for over two thousand years. One is a white form, the Baiji (Lipotes vexllifer), the…
Since the first publications of data on the blood composition in the harbour porpoise (ANDERSEN, 1966 and 1968) the autoanalyzing technique has been commonly introduced and the international system for…
Informations on the body surface area in dolphins are rare in literature (SLIJPER, 1958; KERMACK, 1948; PARRY, 1949; RIDGWAY, 1972). With the increasing interest in physiology of marine mammals this…
The vaquita (Phocoena sinus) is a small and very elusive porpoise that ranges in a limited geographical area in the Gulf of California, Mexico. Despite various efforts to conserve this…
(...) Neophocaena phocaenoides is the only member of the family Phocoenidae without a dorsal fin (Fig. I ). In its place is a low, geographically-variable dorsal ridge (sometimes inappropriately called…
Published and new fresh and museum specimens of Burmeister's porpoise, Phocoena spinipinnis, collected prior to the recent research in Peru, Chile and Argentina, are listed and described. Distribution is from…
Sound production mechanisms have been studied in two delphinid species - the harbour porpoise, Phocoena phocoena (L.), and the bottlenosed dolphin, Tursiops truncatus (Montagu). It was found that, in both…