A NEW SPECIES OF BEAKED WHALEMESOPLODON PERUVIANUSSP. N. (CETACEA: ZIPHIIDAE) FROM PERU
作者:
Julio C. Reyes,
James G. Mead,
Koen Van Waerebeek,
期刊:
Marine Mammal Science
(WILEY Available online 1991)
卷期:
Volume 7,
issue 1
页码: 1-24
ISSN:0824-0469
年代: 1991
DOI:10.1111/j.1748-7692.1991.tb00546.x
出版商: Blackwell Publishing Ltd
关键词: Ziphiidae;Mesoplodon peruvianus;systematics;osteology;distribution;natural history;external appearance;growth;food habits;reproduction
数据来源: WILEY
摘要:
AbstractMesoplodon peruvianus, a new species of beaked whale, is described on the basis of ten specimens which have either stranded or been captured between 11°12′S and 15°19′S latitude along the coasts of the provinces of Lima and Ica, south central Peru. This is the thirteenth living species ofMesoplodonrecognized in the world's oceans. The animals that were examined were uniformly gray above, shading to lighter gray below. This whale is the smallest species ofMesoplodon(maximum body length 3.72 m) and is characterized by its teeth, which are small (31 to 65 mm long), ovate in cross section, and positioned 2.5% to 8.4% of the mandibular length from the anterior extremity, and posterior to the mandibular symp
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