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Provedor de dados: | Naturalis Digital Academic Repository
País: | Netherlands
Título: | Whales and dolphins (Mammalia, Cetacea) of the Cape Verde Islands, with special reference to the Humpback Whale Megaptera novaeangliae (Borowski, 1781)
Autores: | Hazevoet, Cornelis J.; Wenzel, Frederick W.
Data: | 2000
Ano: | 2000
Palavras-chave: | Cetacea; Cape Verde Islands; Distribution; Whaling history.
Resumo: | Observations of whales and dolphins in the Cape Verde Islands obtained in 1995 and 1996 are reported and data on the occurrence of 14 taxa are given, including four not previously reported from the region, viz. Bryde’s Whale Balaenoptera edeni, Killer Whale Orcinus orca, Rough-toothed Dolphin Steno bredanensis, and Striped Dolphin Stenella coeruleoalba. An earlier report of Fin Whale B. physalus is reviewed and re-identified as B. cf. borealis. Status and occurrence of the Humpback Whale Megaptera novaeangliae are discussed at some length. Unpublished observations from other observers are also included and a short account on the history of whaling in the islands is given. A list of all cetacean taxa reliably recorded in the Cape Verde region is presented and unsubstantiated reports are briefly discussed.
Tipo: | Article / Letter to the editor

Identificador:

http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/record/534375

http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/document/571939

Formato: | application/pdf
Fonte: | Contributions to Zoology (1383-4517) vol.69 (2000) nr.3 p.197
Fonte: | (c) Naturalis