FAO Fisheries Series (1982)
The cochito (Phocoena sinus), the smallest member of its genus, is known from 21 confirmed records from the upper Gulf of California and is probably found only in that area.…
On three odontocete skulls from Heard Island
Guiler, E. R.; Burton, H. R.; Gales, N. J.
Scientific Reports of the Whales Research Institute (1987)
Two crania and a rostrum were recovered from Heard Island by the 1985 Australian National Antarctic Expedition to that island. The specimens were assigned to three species, two of which,…
Second record of spectacled porpoise from subantarctic southwest Pacific
Fordyce, R. E.; Mattlin, R. H.; Dixon, J. M.
Scientific Reports of the Whales Research Institute (1984)
An incomplete skull of unknown sex of a sub-adult spectacled porpoise (Phocoena dioptrica Lahille, 1912) was collected at Macquarie Island (54°30'S, 159°00'E) in July 1957. Cranial measurements are given, and…
Report on the small cetaceans stranded on the coasts of Tierra del Fuego
Goodall, R. N. P.
Scientific Reports of the Whales Research Institute (1978)
Little work has been done on the smaller cetaceans of Tierra del Fuego. Data on strandings and new specimens for the following 14 species is presented: Lagenorhynchus australis, Cephalorhynchus commersonii,…
A new porpoise from Japan
Andrews, R. C.
Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History (1911)
(...) On June 18, 1910, while the guest of the Oriental Whaling Company, Ltd. (Toyo Hogei Kabushiki Kaisha), at their station at Aikawahama in the north of Japan, a porpoise…
Comparative anatomical study on the relationships between the vestigial pelvic bones and the surrounding structures of finless porpoises (Neophocaena phocaenoides)
Tajima, Yuko; Hayashi, Yoshihiro; Yamada, Tadasu K.
Journal of Veterinary Medical Science (2004)
Morphology of the modern cetaceans represents the results of adaptation of the ancestral terrestrial mammals to aquatic life through their evolutional processes. Some of the primitive fossil cetaceans are known…
Phocoena sinus
Brownell, Robert L.
Mammalian Species (1983)
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Sexually dimorphic proportions of the harbour porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) skeleton
Galatius, Anders
Journal of Anatomy (2005)
Sexual differences in growth, allometric growth patterns and skeletal proportions were investigated by linear measurements of skeletal parts on 225 harbour porpoises (Phocoena phocoena) from the inner Danish and adjacent…
Near field, interference, far field and rostrum structure in the echolocation system of cetaceans
Pilleri, G.; Gihr, M.; Kraus, C.
Investigations on Cetacea (1983)
This monograph may be regarded as an important supplement to the book »Echolocation in Whales and Dolphins» by Purves and Pilleri, published by the Academic Press, London, 1983. It contains…
Fenestration of the skull in some cetaceans
Pilleri, G.; Gihr, M.; Zijganov, V. V.; Kraus, C.
Investigations on Cetacea (1982)
One hundred and forty-three skulls of a total of 15 cetacean species belonging to the superfamiIies of the Platanistoidea, Monodontoidea and Delphinoidea presented usually symmetrically arranged perforation areas or lacunae…