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QUICK ID GUIDES

  • Mark Carwardine

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter 1
  2. CONTENTS 3
  3. HOW TO USE THIS BOOK 4
  4. THE CHALLENGES OF IDENTIFICATION 6
  5. CETACEAN TOPOGRAPHY 10
  6. BARNACLES TO WHALE LICE 12
  7. QUICK ID GUIDES 18
  8. INFORMATION FOR WORKING AT SEA 31
  9. Right and bowhead whales (family Balaenidae) 32
  10. Gray whale (family Eschrichtiidae) 44
  11. Rorquals (family Balaenopteridae) 48
  12. Sperm whales (families Physeteridae, Kogiidae) 78
  13. Narwhal and beluga (family Monodontidae) 86
  14. Beaked whales (family Ziphiidae) 92
  15. Blackfish (family Delphinidae) 124
  16. Shorter-beaked oceanic dolphins (family Delphinidae) 150
  17. Longer-beaked oceanic dolphins (family Delphinidae) 164
  18. Porpoises (family Phocoenidae) 190
  19. Caring for whales, dolphins and porpoises 196
  20. Glossary 197
  21. North American species checklist 200
  22. Sources and resources 202
  23. Artists’ biographies 203
  24. Image credits 203
  25. Acknowledgements 204
  26. Index 206
Whales, Dolphins, and Porpoises of North America
This chapter is in the book Whales, Dolphins, and Porpoises of North America
https://doi.org/10.1515/9780691282718-005

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter 1
  2. CONTENTS 3
  3. HOW TO USE THIS BOOK 4
  4. THE CHALLENGES OF IDENTIFICATION 6
  5. CETACEAN TOPOGRAPHY 10
  6. BARNACLES TO WHALE LICE 12
  7. QUICK ID GUIDES 18
  8. INFORMATION FOR WORKING AT SEA 31
  9. Right and bowhead whales (family Balaenidae) 32
  10. Gray whale (family Eschrichtiidae) 44
  11. Rorquals (family Balaenopteridae) 48
  12. Sperm whales (families Physeteridae, Kogiidae) 78
  13. Narwhal and beluga (family Monodontidae) 86
  14. Beaked whales (family Ziphiidae) 92
  15. Blackfish (family Delphinidae) 124
  16. Shorter-beaked oceanic dolphins (family Delphinidae) 150
  17. Longer-beaked oceanic dolphins (family Delphinidae) 164
  18. Porpoises (family Phocoenidae) 190
  19. Caring for whales, dolphins and porpoises 196
  20. Glossary 197
  21. North American species checklist 200
  22. Sources and resources 202
  23. Artists’ biographies 203
  24. Image credits 203
  25. Acknowledgements 204
  26. Index 206
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