Whales 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.