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…
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…
Neophocaena phocaenoides and Neophocaena asiaeorientalis: Taxonomical differences
Pilleri, G.; Chen, P.
Investigations on Cetacea (1980)
The Chinese finless porpoise of the Changjiang river, Neophocaena asiaeorientalis (PILLERI and GIHR, 1972) presents a taxonomic entity which differs from N. phocaenoides (G. CUVIER, 1829) of south and south-west…
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 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…
Spectacled porpoise, Phocoena dioptrica, new to the subantarctic Pacific Ocean
Baker, Alan N.
New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research (1977)
A cranium of Phocoena dioptrica Lahille, 1912, collected at Enderby Island, Auckland Islands, represents the first discovery of the species in the Pacific Ocean, the ten previous records being all…
Contribution to the knowledge of morphological anomalies in cetacean teeth
Arvy, L.
Investigations on Cetacea (1977)
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Preliminary report on the small cetaceans stranded on the coasts of Tierra del Fuego
Goodall, R. N. P.
Report of the International Whaling Commission (1977)
Little is known of the small cetaceans of the Southern Ocean. In view of the enormous amounts of water and little land in this area, records from Tierra del Fuego…
On the taxonomy and ecology of the finless black porpoise, Neophocaena (Cetacea, Delphinidae)
Pilleri, G.; Gihr, M.
Mammalia (1975)
This study was concerned with the taxonomy of the Finless Black Porpoise. Morphological and biometric analyses of the body and skull measurements of Pakistani, Chinese and Japanese specimens revealed that…
Contribution to the knowledge of the cetaceans of southwest and monsoon Asia (Persian Gulf, Indus Delta, Malabar, Andaman Sea and Gulf of Siam)
Pilleri, G.; Gihr, M.
Investigations on Cetacea (1974)
Abstract currently unavailable