Whales, Dolphins, and Porpoises [Proceedings] (1966)
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Blood volumes, hemoglobin concentrations, packed-cell volumes, and heart weights were determined in three genera of porpoises which differ from one another in behavior and ecology. The estimate for the total…
As a rough measure of intelligence, brain weight: cord weight ratios in small delphinids compared favorably with, but were slightly less than , this ratio in man. Not all delphinids…
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(...) In the summer and fall of 1947 and the fall of 1948 the Fish and Wildlife Service research vessel Black Douglas cruised in waters from Vancouver Island, British Columbia,…
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…
Among the collections brought back by Mr. F. R. Wulsin after a year’s stay in China are three skeletons and an entire body of the small porpoise, Meomeris phocaenoides, a…
(...) 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…
(...) 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…