Peter B BestWhales and Dolphins of the Southern African Subregion
Contributors
Foreword
The Mammal Research Institute
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Map of the subregion
The cetacean environment off southern Africa Isabelle Ansorge and Johann Lutjeharms
The South African species gate William Perrin
A classification of living cetacea
Keys to the whales, dolphins and porpoise of the region
Anatomy of cetacean skulls
Species accounts
BALAENIDAE: Southern right whale, Eubalaena australis
NEOBALAENIDAE: Pygmy right whale, Caperea marginata
BALAENOPTERIDAE: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae
Antarctic minke whale, Balaenoptera bonaerensis
Dwarf minke whale, B. acutorostrata subsp.
Bryde's whale, B. brydei
Sei whale, B. borealis
Fin whale, B. physalus
Blue whale, B. musculus
PHYSETERIDAE: Sperm whale, Physeter macrocephalus
KOGIIDAE: Pygmy sperm whale, Kogia breviceps
Dwarf sperm whale, K. sima
ZIPHIIDAE: Cuvier's beaked whale, Ziphius cavirostris
Arnoux's beaked whale, Berardius arnuxii
Shepherd's beaked whale, Tasmacetus shepherdi
Longman's beaked whale, Indopacetus pacificus
Southern bottlenose whale, Hyperoodon planifrons
Hector's beaked whale, Mesoplodon hectori
True's beaked whale, M. mirus
Gervais' beaked whale, M. europaeus
Gray's beaked whale, M. grayi
Andrews' beaked whale, M. bowdoini
Layard's beaked whale, M. layardii
Blainville's beaked whale, M. densirostris
Ginkgo-toothed beaked whale, M. ginkgodens
DELPHINIDAE: Heaviside's dolphin, Cephalorhynchus heavisidii
Commerson's dolphin, C. commersonii
Rough-toothed dolphin, Steno bredanensis
Atlantic humpback dolphin, Sousa teuszi
Indian humpback dolphin, S. chinensis
Common bottlenose dolphin, Tursiops truncates
Indian Ocean bottlenose dolphin, T. aduncus
Pantropical spotted dolphin, Stenella attenuate
Atlantic spotted dolphin, S. frontalis
Spinner dolphin, S. longirostris
Clymene dolphin, S. clymene
Striped dolphin, S. coeruleoalba
Short-beaked common dolphin, Delphinus delphis
Long-beaked common dolphin, D. capensis
Fraser's dolphin, Lagenodelphis hosei
Dusky dolphin, Lagenorhynchus obscurus
Hourglass dolphin, L. cruciger
Southern right whale dolphin, Lissodelphis peronii
Risso's dolphin, Grampus griseus
Melon-headed whale, Peponocephala electra
Pygmy killer whale, Feresa attenuate
False killer whale, Pseudorca crassidens
Killer whale, Orcinus orca
Long-finned pilot whale, Globicephala melas
Short-finned pilot whale, G. macrorhynchus
PHOCOENIDAE: Spectacled porpoise, Phocoena dioptrica
Bibliography
Glossary
Photographic acknowledgements
Index
List of subscribers.
