First record of a pygmy sperm whale (
| Autor: | Chinthaka Anushka Hewavitharane, Kelly T. Brown, Brian Stockwell, Rufino Varea, Jasha Dehm |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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0106 biological sciences
biology Adult male Whale Kogia ved/biology ved/biology.organism_classification_rank.species Zoology Pygmy sperm whale Breviceps biology.organism_classification 010603 evolutionary biology 01 natural sciences 010601 ecology biology.animal Photo identification Animal Science and Zoology Ecology Evolution Behavior and Systematics |
| Zdroj: | Australian Mammalogy. 44:158-160 |
| ISSN: | 1836-7402 0310-0049 |
| DOI: | 10.1071/am21007 |
| Popis: | On 18 July 2020, a small whale was found stranded along the eastern shoreline of Viti Levu, Fiji. The whale died two days later despite efforts to refloat and guide it out to sea. Morphometric measurements and photo identification confirm it to be an adult male pygmy sperm whale, Kogia breviceps (Blanville, 1838). This specimen acts as the first confirmed record of the species in Fiji. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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