The status of the Pygmy Sperm Whale, Kogia breviceps, in Canada

Canadian Field-Naturalist

Volumn 110, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 525-532

  Baird, Robin W ^a,b   Nelson, Dawn ^c,d   Lien, Jon ^e   Nagorsen, David W ^f  

^a Marine Mammal Research Group   (Canada)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^d Royal British Columbia Museum ^*  (United States)

^e MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^f ROYAL BRITISH COLUMBIA MUSEUM   (Canada)

Author keywords

British Columbia; Cachalot Pygmee; Canada; Cetacea; Kogia breviceps; North Atlantic; Pygmy Sperm Whale; status

Indexed keywords

KOGIA BREVICEPS;

COSEWIC;

CANADA;

EID: 0030299013     PISSN: 00083550     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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