New Zealand Whales and Dolphins
Contents
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Contents
Introduction | 4 |
The Biology of Cetaceans | 6 |
Externals | 6 |
Internals | 7 |
The Senses | 10 |
Breeding | 12 |
Age | 12 |
Swimming | 13 |
Deep Diving | 14 |
Sleep | 14 |
Strandings | 15 |
Classification | 16 |
Baleen Whales | 18 |
Southern Right Whale | 19 |
Pygmy Right Whale | 19 |
Minke Whale | 20 |
Sei Whale | 20 |
Bryde's Whale | 21 |
Southern Fin Whale | 22 |
Southern Blue Whale | 22 |
Humpback Whale | 23 |
Toothed Whales | 25 |
Bottlenose Dolphin | 26 |
Risso's Dolphin | 27 |
Dusky Dolphin | 28 |
Hourglass Dolphin | 28 |
Striped Dolphin | 29 |
Spotted Dolphin | 29 |
Common or Saddleback Dolphin | 30 |
Right Whale Dolphin | 31 |
Hector's Dolphin | 32 |
False Killer Whale | 32 |
Pilot Whale | 33 |
Killer Whale | 34 |
Black Finless Porpoise | 35 |
Sperm Whale | 36 page break |
Pygmy Sperm Whale | 37 |
Shepherd's Beaked Whale | 38 |
Scamperdown Whale | 38 |
Hector's Beaked Whale | 39 |
Andrew's Beaked Whale | 39 |
Strap-Toothed Whale | 39 |
Cuvier's or Goose-Beaked Whale | 41 |
Large Beaked Whale | 41 |
Southern Bottlenose Whale | 42 |
Identification of Whales and Dolphins | 43 |
Data To Record | 43 |
Measurements | 43 |
Life History Data | 45 |
Acknowledgements | 46 |
References | 46 |
Index | 47 |