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Perrin, W.F.; Würsig, B.; Thewissen, J.G.M. (2009). Encyclopedia of marine mammals. Second edition. Academic Press: London. ISBN 978-0-12-373553-9. xxix, 1316 pp.
SourceID
127107
Authors
Perrin, W.F.; Würsig, B.; Thewissen, J.G.M.
Year
2009
Title
Encyclopedia of marine mammals. Second edition.
Suffix
Academic Press: London. ISBN 978-0-12-373553-9. xxix, 1316 pp.
Type
Publication
RoR-ID
192436
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Taxa (44)
Attributes (273)
Balaena mysticetus
Linnaeus, 1758
(additional source)
Balaenoptera acutorostrata
Lacépède, 1804
(additional source)
Balaenoptera borealis
Lesson, 1828
(additional source)
Balaenoptera edeni
Anderson, 1878
(additional source)
Balaenoptera musculus
(Linnaeus, 1758)
(additional source)
Balaenoptera physalus
(Linnaeus, 1758)
(additional source)
Delphinapterus leucas
(Pallas, 1776)
(additional source)
Delphinus capensis
Gray, 1828
accepted as
Delphinus delphis
Linnaeus, 1758
(additional source)
Delphinus delphis
Linnaeus, 1758
(additional source)
Eschrichtius robustus
(Lilljeborg, 1861)
(additional source)
Eubalaena australis
(Desmoulins, 1822)
(additional source)
Eubalaena glacialis
(Müller, 1776)
(additional source)
Feresa attenuata
Gray, 1874
(additional source)
Globicephala macrorhynchus
Gray, 1846
(additional source)
Globicephala melas
(Traill, 1809)
(additional source)
Grampus griseus
(G. Cuvier, 1812)
(additional source)
Hyperoodon ampullatus
(Forster, 1770)
(additional source)
Kogia breviceps
(de Blainville, 1838)
(additional source)
Kogia sima
(Owen, 1866)
(additional source)
Lagenodelphis hosei
Fraser, 1956
(additional source)
Lagenorhynchus acutus
(Gray, 1828)
accepted as
Leucopleurus acutus
(Gray, 1828)
(additional source)
Lagenorhynchus albirostris
Gray, 1846
(additional source)
Megaptera novaeangliae
(Borowski, 1781)
(additional source)
Mesoplodon bidens
(Sowerby, 1804)
(additional source)
Mesoplodon densirostris
(de Blainville, 1817)
(additional source)
Mesoplodon europaeus
(Gervais, 1855)
(additional source)
Mesoplodon ginkgodens
Nishiwaki & Kamiya, 1958
(additional source)
Mesoplodon grayi
von Haast, 1876
(additional source)
Mesoplodon hectori
(Gray, 1871)
(additional source)
Mesoplodon mirus
True, 1913
(additional source)
Monodon monoceros
Linnaeus, 1758
(additional source)
Orcinus orca
(Linnaeus, 1758)
(additional source)
Peponocephala electra
(Gray, 1846)
(additional source)
Phocoena phocoena
(Linnaeus, 1758)
(additional source)
Physeter macrocephalus
Linnaeus, 1758
(additional source)
Pseudorca crassidens
(Owen, 1846)
(additional source)
Stenella attenuata
(Gray, 1846)
(additional source)
Stenella clymene
(Gray, 1850)
(additional source)
Stenella coeruleoalba
(Meyen, 1833)
(additional source)
Stenella frontalis
(Cuvier, 1829)
(additional source)
Stenella longirostris
(Gray, 1828)
(additional source)
Steno bredanensis
(G. Cuvier in Lesson, 1828)
(additional source)
Tursiops truncatus
(Montagu, 1821)
(additional source)
Ziphius cavirostris
Cuvier, 1823
(additional source)
Balaena mysticetus
Linnaeus, 1758
Body size
14
Unit
m
Type
minimum
Dimension
length
Life stage
adult
Sex
male
[Details]
Balaena mysticetus
Linnaeus, 1758
Body size
17
Unit
m
Type
maximum
Dimension
length
Life stage
adult
Sex
male
[Details]
Balaena mysticetus
Linnaeus, 1758
Body size
16
Unit
m
Type
minimum
Dimension
length
Life stage
adult
Sex
female
[Details]
Balaena mysticetus
Linnaeus, 1758
Body size
18
Unit
m
Type
maximum
Dimension
length
Life stage
adult
Sex
female
[Details]
Balaena mysticetus
Linnaeus, 1758
Body size
20
Unit
m
Type
maximum
Dimension
length
Life stage
adult
Sex
female
[Details]
Balaena mysticetus
Linnaeus, 1758
Body size
4
Unit
m
Dimension
length
Life stage
neonate
[Details]
Balaena mysticetus
Linnaeus, 1758
Body size
75
Unit
ton
Type
minimum
Dimension
weight
Life stage
adult
[Details]
Balaena mysticetus
Linnaeus, 1758
Body size
100
Unit
ton
Type
maximum
Dimension
weight
Life stage
adult
[Details]
Balaenoptera acutorostrata
Lacépède, 1804
Body size
8.5
Unit
m
Type
minimum
Dimension
length
Life stage
adult
Sex
female
Locality (MRGID)
North Atlantic Ocean
[Details]
Balaenoptera acutorostrata
Lacépède, 1804
Body size
8.8
Unit
m
Type
maximum
Dimension
length
Life stage
adult
Sex
female
Locality (MRGID)
North Atlantic Ocean
[Details]
Balaenoptera acutorostrata
Lacépède, 1804
Body size
7.8
Unit
m
Type
minimum
Dimension
length
Life stage
adult
Sex
male
Locality (MRGID)
North Atlantic Ocean
[Details]
Balaenoptera acutorostrata
Lacépède, 1804
Body size
8.2
Unit
m
Type
maximum
Dimension
length
Life stage
adult
Sex
male
Locality (MRGID)
North Atlantic Ocean
[Details]
Balaenoptera acutorostrata
Lacépède, 1804
Body size
8.5
Unit
m
Dimension
length
Life stage
adult
Sex
female
Locality (MRGID)
North Pacific Ocean
[Details]
Balaenoptera acutorostrata
Lacépède, 1804
Body size
7.9
Unit
m
Dimension
length
Life stage
adult
Sex
male
Locality (MRGID)
North Pacific Ocean
[Details]
Balaenoptera borealis
Lesson, 1828
Body size
20
Unit
m
Type
maximum
Dimension
length
Life stage
adult
[Details]
Balaenoptera borealis
Lesson, 1828
Body size
15
Unit
m
Dimension
length
Life stage
adult
[Details]
Balaenoptera borealis
Lesson, 1828
Body size
20
Unit
ton
Dimension
weight
Life stage
adult
[Details]
Balaenoptera borealis
Lesson, 1828
Body size
4.5
Unit
m
Dimension
length
Life stage
neonate
[Details]
Balaenoptera edeni
Anderson, 1878
Body size
15.5
Unit
m
Type
maximum
Dimension
length
Life stage
adult
Sex
female
[Details]
Balaenoptera edeni
Anderson, 1878
Body size
4
Unit
m
Dimension
length
Life stage
neonate
[Details]
Balaenoptera musculus
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Body size
31.7
Unit
m
Type
maximum
Dimension
length
Life stage
adult
Sex
female
Locality (MRGID)
South Shetland Islands
[Details]
Balaenoptera musculus
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Body size
31.7
Unit
m
Type
maximum
Dimension
length
Life stage
adult
Sex
female
Locality (MRGID)
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
[Details]
Balaenoptera musculus
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Body size
32.6
Unit
m
Type
maximum
Dimension
length
Life stage
adult
Sex
female
Locality (MRGID)
South Shetland Islands
[Details]
Balaenoptera musculus
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Body size
32.6
Unit
m
Type
maximum
Dimension
length
Life stage
adult
Sex
female
Locality (MRGID)
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
[Details]
Balaenoptera musculus
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Body size
28.1
Unit
m
Type
maximum
Dimension
length
Life stage
adult
Sex
female
Locality (MRGID)
Davis Strait
[Details]
Balaenoptera musculus
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Body size
26.8
Unit
m
Type
maximum
Dimension
length
Life stage
adult
Sex
female
Locality (MRGID)
North Pacific Ocean
[Details]
Balaenoptera musculus
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Body size
27.1
Unit
m
Type
maximum
Dimension
length
Life stage
adult
Sex
female
Locality (MRGID)
North Pacific Ocean
[Details]
Balaenoptera musculus
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Body size
6
Unit
m
Type
minimum
Dimension
length
Life stage
neonate
[Details]
Balaenoptera musculus
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Body size
7
Unit
m
Type
maximum
Dimension
length
Life stage
neonate
[Details]
Balaenoptera musculus
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Body size
190
Unit
ton
Type
maximum
Dimension
weight
Life stage
adult
Sex
female
Locality (MRGID)
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
[Details]
Balaenoptera musculus
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Body size
50
Unit
ton
Type
minimum
Dimension
weight
Life stage
adult
Sex
female
[Details]
Balaenoptera musculus
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Body size
150
Unit
ton
Type
maximum
Dimension
weight
Life stage
adult
Sex
female
[Details]
Balaenoptera musculus
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Body size
2
Unit
ton
Type
minimum
Dimension
weight
Life stage
neonate
[Details]
Balaenoptera musculus
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Body size
3
Unit
ton
Type
maximum
Dimension
weight
Life stage
neonate
[Details]
Balaenoptera physalus
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Body size
26
Unit
m
Dimension
length
Life stage
adult
Sex
female
Locality (MRGID)
Southern Hemisphere
[Details]
Balaenoptera physalus
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Body size
25
Unit
m
Dimension
length
Life stage
adult
Sex
male
Locality (MRGID)
Southern Hemisphere
[Details]
Balaenoptera physalus
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Body size
60
Unit
ton
Type
minimum
Dimension
weight
Life stage
adult
Locality (MRGID)
Southern Hemisphere
[Details]
Balaenoptera physalus
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Body size
80
Unit
ton
Type
maximum
Dimension
weight
Life stage
adult
Locality (MRGID)
Southern Hemisphere
[Details]
Balaenoptera physalus
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Body size
22.5
Unit
m
Dimension
length
Life stage
adult
Sex
female
Locality (MRGID)
Northern Hemisphere
[Details]
Balaenoptera physalus
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Body size
21
Unit
m
Dimension
length
Life stage
adult
Sex
male
Locality (MRGID)
Northern Hemisphere
[Details]
Balaenoptera physalus
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Body size
40
Unit
ton
Type
minimum
Dimension
weight
Life stage
adult
Locality (MRGID)
Northern Hemisphere
[Details]
Balaenoptera physalus
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Body size
50
Unit
ton
Type
maximum
Dimension
weight
Life stage
adult
Locality (MRGID)
Northern Hemisphere
[Details]
Balaenoptera physalus
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Body size
6
Unit
m
Type
minimum
Dimension
length
Life stage
neonate
[Details]
Balaenoptera physalus
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Body size
7
Unit
m
Type
maximum
Dimension
length
Life stage
neonate
[Details]
Balaenoptera physalus
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Body size
1
Unit
ton
Type
minimum
Dimension
weight
Life stage
neonate
[Details]
Balaenoptera physalus
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Body size
1.5
Unit
ton
Type
maximum
Dimension
weight
Life stage
neonate
[Details]
Cystophora cristata
(Erxleben, 1777)
Body size
2.5
Unit
m
Dimension
length
Life stage
adult
Sex
male
[Details]
Cystophora cristata
(Erxleben, 1777)
Body size
300
Unit
kg
Type
average
Dimension
weight
Life stage
adult
Sex
male
[Details]
Cystophora cristata
(Erxleben, 1777)
Body size
400
Unit
kg
Dimension
weight
Life stage
adult
Sex
male
[Details]
Cystophora cristata
(Erxleben, 1777)
Body size
2.2
Unit
m
Dimension
length
Life stage
adult
Sex
female
[Details]
Cystophora cristata
(Erxleben, 1777)
Body size
200
Unit
kg
Type
average
Dimension
weight
Life stage
adult
Sex
female
[Details]
Cystophora cristata
(Erxleben, 1777)
Body size
1
Unit
m
Dimension
length
Life stage
neonate
[Details]
Cystophora cristata
(Erxleben, 1777)
Body size
25
Unit
kg
Dimension
weight
Life stage
neonate
[Details]
Delphinapterus leucas
(Pallas, 1776)
Body size
3.5
Unit
m
Type
minimum
Dimension
length
Life stage
adult
[Details]
Delphinapterus leucas
(Pallas, 1776)
Body size
5.5
Unit
m
Type
maximum
Dimension
length
Life stage
adult
[Details]
Delphinapterus leucas
(Pallas, 1776)
Body size
1.6
Unit
m
Dimension
length
Life stage
neonate
[Details]
Delphinapterus leucas
(Pallas, 1776)
Body size
1500
Unit
kg
Type
maximum
Dimension
weight
Life stage
adult
[Details]
Delphinus capensis
Gray, 1828
Body size
202
Unit
cm
Type
minimum
Dimension
length
Life stage
adult
Sex
male
Locality (MRGID)
California
[Details]
Delphinus capensis
Gray, 1828
Body size
235
Unit
cm
Type
maximum
Dimension
length
Life stage
adult
Sex
male
Locality (MRGID)
California
[Details]
Delphinus capensis
Gray, 1828
Body size
193
Unit
cm
Type
minimum
Dimension
length
Life stage
adult
Sex
female
Locality (MRGID)
California
[Details]
Delphinus capensis
Gray, 1828
Body size
224
Unit
cm
Type
maximum
Dimension
length
Life stage
adult
Sex
female
Locality (MRGID)
California
[Details]
Delphinus capensis
Gray, 1828
Body size
235
Unit
kg
Type
maximum
Dimension
weight
Life stage
adult
Locality (MRGID)
California
[Details]
Delphinus capensis
Gray, 1828
Body size
80
Unit
cm
Type
minimum
Dimension
length
Life stage
neonate
[Details]
Delphinus capensis
Gray, 1828
Body size
93
Unit
cm
Type
maximum
Dimension
length
Life stage
neonate
[Details]
Delphinus delphis
Linnaeus, 1758
Body size
172
Unit
cm
Type
minimum
Dimension
length
Life stage
adult
Sex
male
Locality (MRGID)
California
[Details]
Delphinus delphis
Linnaeus, 1758
Body size
201
Unit
cm
Type
maximum
Dimension
length
Life stage
adult
Sex
male
Locality (MRGID)
California
[Details]
Delphinus delphis
Linnaeus, 1758
Body size
164
Unit
cm
Type
minimum
Dimension
length
Life stage
adult
Sex
female
Locality (MRGID)
California
[Details]
Delphinus delphis
Linnaeus, 1758
Body size
193
Unit
cm
Type
maximum
Dimension
length
Life stage
adult
Sex
female
Locality (MRGID)
California
[Details]
Delphinus delphis
Linnaeus, 1758
Body size
200
Unit
kg
Type
maximum
Dimension
weight
Life stage
adult
Locality (MRGID)
California
[Details]
Delphinus delphis
Linnaeus, 1758
Body size
235
Unit
cm
Type
maximum
Dimension
length
Life stage
adult
Locality (MRGID)
Tropical East Pacific
[Details]
Delphinus delphis
Linnaeus, 1758
Body size
80
Unit
cm
Type
minimum
Dimension
length
Life stage
neonate
[Details]
Delphinus delphis
Linnaeus, 1758
Body size
93
Unit
cm
Type
maximum
Dimension
length
Life stage
neonate
[Details]
Erignathus barbatus
(Erxleben, 1777)
Body size
2
Unit
m
Type
minimum
Dimension
length
Life stage
adult
[Details]
Erignathus barbatus
(Erxleben, 1777)
Body size
2.5
Unit
m
Type
maximum
Dimension
length
Life stage
adult
[Details]
Erignathus barbatus
(Erxleben, 1777)
Body size
1.3
Unit
m
Dimension
length
Life stage
neonate
[Details]
Erignathus barbatus
(Erxleben, 1777)
Body size
250
Unit
kg
Type
minimum
Dimension
weight
Life stage
adult
[Details]
Erignathus barbatus
(Erxleben, 1777)
Body size
300
Unit
kg
Type
maximum
Dimension
weight
Life stage
adult
[Details]
Erignathus barbatus
(Erxleben, 1777)
Body size
33
Unit
kg
Type
average
Dimension
weight
Life stage
neonate
[Details]
Erignathus barbatus
(Erxleben, 1777)
Body size
425
Unit
kg
Dimension
weight
Life stage
adult
Sex
female
[Details]
Eschrichtius robustus
(Lilljeborg, 1861)
Body size
16000
Unit
kg
Type
minimum
Dimension
weight
Life stage
adult
[Details]
Eschrichtius robustus
(Lilljeborg, 1861)
Body size
45000
Unit
kg
Type
maximum
Dimension
weight
Life stage
adult
[Details]
Eschrichtius robustus
(Lilljeborg, 1861)
Body size
14.1
Unit
m
Type
average
Dimension
length
Life stage
adult
Sex
female
[Details]
Eschrichtius robustus
(Lilljeborg, 1861)
Body size
13.3
Unit
m
Type
average
Dimension
length
Life stage
adult
Sex
male
[Details]
Eschrichtius robustus
(Lilljeborg, 1861)
Body size
15.3
Unit
m
Type
maximum
Dimension
length
Life stage
adult
Sex
female
[Details]
Eschrichtius robustus
(Lilljeborg, 1861)
Body size
14.6
Unit
m
Type
maximum
Dimension
length
Life stage
adult
Sex
male
[Details]
Eschrichtius robustus
(Lilljeborg, 1861)
Body size
4.6
Unit
m
Type
minimum
Dimension
length
Life stage
neonate
[Details]
Eschrichtius robustus
(Lilljeborg, 1861)
Body size
4.9
Unit
m
Type
maximum
Dimension
length
Life stage
neonate
[Details]
Eschrichtius robustus
(Lilljeborg, 1861)
Body size
680
Unit
kg
Type
minimum
Dimension
weight
Life stage
neonate
[Details]
Eschrichtius robustus
(Lilljeborg, 1861)
Body size
920
Unit
kg
Type
maximum
Dimension
weight
Life stage
neonate
[Details]
Eubalaena
Gray, 1864
Body size
4.5
Unit
m
Type
minimum
Dimension
length
Life stage
neonate
[Details]
Eubalaena
Gray, 1864
Body size
6
Unit
m
Type
maximum
Dimension
length
Life stage
neonate
[Details]
Eubalaena
Gray, 1864
Body size
13
Unit
m
Type
minimum
Dimension
length
Life stage
adult
[Details]
Eubalaena
Gray, 1864
Body size
16
Unit
m
Type
maximum
Dimension
length
Life stage
adult
[Details]
Feresa attenuata
Gray, 1874
Body size
2.31
Unit
m
Type
average
Dimension
length
[Details]
Feresa attenuata
Gray, 1874
Body size
2.14
Unit
m
Type
minimum
Dimension
length
[Details]
Feresa attenuata
Gray, 1874
Body size
2.59
Unit
m
Type
maximum
Dimension
length
[Details]
Globicephala macrorhynchus
Gray, 1846
Body size
6
Unit
m
Type
average
Dimension
length
Life stage
adult
[Details]
Globicephala melas
(Traill, 1809)
Body size
6
Unit
m
Type
average
Dimension
length
Life stage
adult
[Details]
Grampus griseus
(G. Cuvier, 1812)
Body size
4
Unit
m
Type
maximum
Dimension
length
Life stage
adult
Sex
male & female
[Details]
Halichoerus grypus
(Fabricius, 1791)
Body size
170
Unit
kg
Type
minimum
Dimension
weight
Life stage
adult
Sex
male
[Details]
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