Behavior of a Captive Pacific Pilot WhaleAnnotated Checklist and Key to the Cetaceans of Texas Waters

Publication Type:Journal Article
Year of Publication:1960
Authors:Brown, DH, Schmidly, DJ, Melcher, BA
Journal:Journal of Mammalogy
Volume:41
Pagination:342-349
Date Published:1960
ISBN Number:0022237200384909
Keywords:Balaenoptera musculus, Balaenoptera physalus, Feresa attenuata, Globicephala macrorhynchus, Kogia breviceps, Kogia sima, Orcinus orca, Physeter catodon, Pseudorca crassidens, Steno bredanensis, Tursiops truncatus, Ziphius cavirostris
Abstract:

Data are presented on six families and 16 species of cetaceans known to inhabit Texas waters. These are Physeter catodon, Kogia breviceps, Kogia simus, Mesoplodon europaeus, Ziphius cavirostris, Feresa attenuata, Globicephala macrorhyncha, Orcinus orca, Pseudorca crassidens, Stenella plagiodon, Stenella frontalis, Tursiops truncatus, Steno bredanensis, Balaenoptera physalus, Balaenoptera musculus, and Balaena glacialis. Exact localities where these whales and dolphins have been sighted or washed ashore are given. Extension of previously known range is indicated for Ziphius cavirostris, Pseudorca crassidens, and Steno bredanensis. A simplified key is presented to aid in the identification of each species.

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