The World's Whales: The Complete Illustrated GuideField guide to the 87 species of whales, porpoises, and dolphins. Illustrated with over 230 photographs of all living whales. |
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Contents
Foreword | 9 |
The Taxonomy of Whales | 17 |
OCEANIC DOLPHINS | 26 |
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animals Atlantic baleen plates beaked whale beluga blowhole blue whale bottlenose dolphin bottlenose whale bow-wave Breathing and diving Bryde's whale California cetaceans common dolphin conical teeth definite median notch Delphinidae Distribution DOLPHIN Family Delphinidae dorsal fin dorsal region falcate dorsal fin Family Delphinidae Genus Family Ziphiidae Genus Feeding females fin whale Fins and flukes flanks flippers forehead gestation period gray whale groups harbor porpoise Herding information is available known Length and weight lower jaw males Mating and breeding Mesoplodon midback region Migration Natural history notes numbers peduncle phins Phocoena Physical description pilot whale pygmy killer whale reach Risso's dolphins Robert Pitman rostrum rounded Sexual maturity side slightly small fish South species sperm whale spinner dolphin spotted dolphins squid Stenella surface swim Taxonomic note teeth are found thin throat grooves tips upper and lower upper jaw ventral region waters whale Family Ziphiidae