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Porpoise Research Library

Showing entries tagged with "skeleton". 60 entries found.
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  • P. spinipinnis 92
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A note on the skeletons of two Alaskan porpoises

Miller, G. S. Jr.
Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections (1930)

(...) Skeletons of two Alaskan porpoises, Phocoena phocoena (Linnaeus) and Phocoenoides dalli (True), have recently been mounted in the United States National Museum. Before these skeletons were placed on exhibition…

  • Phocoenoides dalli
  • Phocoena phocoena
  • comparison
  • skeleton

A harbour porpoise, Phocoena phocoena (Linnaeus, 1758), from the Mackenzie River delta, Northwest Territories, Canada (Notes on Cetacea, Delphinoidea VIII)

Van Bree, P. J. H.; Sergeant, D. E.; Hoek, W.
Beaufortia (1977)

A Harbour Porpoise, Phocoena phocoena, taken from near Shallow Bay, Mackenzie River Delta, Northwest Territories (68°48’ N 136°35’ W) in July 1973 represents a range extension 800 km eastwards from…

  • Phocoena phocoena
  • behaviour
  • comparison
  • distribution
  • morphology
  • skeleton

Vaquita Phocoena sinus Norris and McFarland, 1958

Vidal, O.; Brownell, R. L. Jr.; Findley, L. T.
Handbook of Marine Mammals (1999)

Abstract currently unavailable

  • Phocoena sinus
  • abundance
  • behaviour
  • bycatch
  • classification
  • coloration
  • distribution
  • diving
  • echolocation
  • evolution
  • feeding
  • growth
  • habitat use
  • life history
  • morphology
  • parasites
  • physiology
  • pollutants
  • population trends
  • predation
  • reproduction
  • skeleton

Spectacled porpoise Phocoena dioptrica Lahille, 1912

Brownell, R. L. Jr.; Clapham, P. J.
Handbook of Marine Mammals (1999)

Abstract currently unavailable

  • Phocoena dioptrica
  • bycatch
  • classification
  • coloration
  • distribution
  • diving
  • feeding
  • growth
  • life history
  • morphology
  • reproduction
  • skeleton

Harbour porpoise Phocoena phocoena (Linnaeus, 1758)

Read, A. J.
Handbook of Marine Mammals (1999)

Abstract currently unavailable

  • Phocoena phocoena
  • abundance
  • behaviour
  • bycatch
  • captivity
  • capture
  • classification
  • coloration
  • disease
  • distribution
  • diving
  • echolocation
  • feeding
  • growth
  • habitat use
  • hearing
  • life history
  • morphology
  • parasites
  • physiology
  • pollutants
  • predation
  • rehabilitation
  • reproduction
  • skeleton

Finless porpoise Neophocaena phocaenoides (G. Cuvier, 1829)

Kasuya, T.
Handbook of Marine Mammals (1999)

Abstract currently unavailable

  • Neophocaena phocaenoides
  • Neophocaena asiaeorientalis
  • behaviour
  • bycatch
  • capture
  • classification
  • coloration
  • disease
  • distribution
  • diving
  • echolocation
  • feeding
  • growth
  • habitat use
  • life history
  • morphology
  • neurology
  • parasites
  • physiology
  • pollutants
  • predation
  • reproduction
  • skeleton
  • vision

Dall’s porpoise Phocoenoides dalli (True, 1885)

Houck, W. J.; Jefferson, T. A.
Handbook of Marine Mammals (1999)

Abstract currently unavailable

  • Phocoenoides dalli
  • abundance
  • behaviour
  • bycatch
  • captivity
  • capture
  • classification
  • coloration
  • distribution
  • diving
  • echolocation
  • feeding
  • growth
  • habitat use
  • life history
  • morphology
  • parasites
  • physiology
  • pollutants
  • predation
  • reproduction
  • skeleton

Burmeister’s porpoise Phocoena spinipinnis Burmeister, 1865

Brownell, R. L. Jr.; Clapham, P. J.
Handbook of Marine Mammals (1999)

Abstract currently unavailable

  • Phocoena spinipinnis
  • behaviour
  • bycatch
  • capture
  • classification
  • coloration
  • disease
  • distribution
  • diving
  • feeding
  • growth
  • habitat use
  • life history
  • morphology
  • parasites
  • pollutants
  • reproduction
  • skeleton

Investigations on the osteology and the functional morphology of the flipper of whales and dolphins (Cetacea)

Benke, H.
Investigations on Cetacea (1993)

Of the 79 recent species of cetaceans 51 have been examined relative to the osteology of the flipper and the scapula and, in addition to this, video-recordings of 13 different…

  • Phocoena phocoena
  • Neophocaena phocaenoides
  • Neophocaena asiaeorientalis
  • Phocoena sinus
  • bottlenose dolphin
  • comparison
  • dolphin
  • killer whale
  • morphology
  • physiology
  • skeleton
  • whale

Status of Burmeister’s porpoise, Phocoena spinipinnis, in southern South American waters

Brownell, R. L. Jr.; Praderi, R.
FAO Fisheries Series (1982)

This paper reviews current knowledge of Burmeister's porpoise (Phocoena spinipinnis), probably the most abundant coastal small cetacean in southern South American waters and probably existing in two isolated Atlantic and…

  • Phocoena spinipinnis
  • bycatch
  • capture
  • distribution
  • feeding
  • morphology
  • reproduction
  • skeleton

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