Cranial description and genetic identity of the holotype specimen of Tursiops aduncus (Ehrenberg, 1832)

Marine Mammal Science

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 343-357

  Perrin, William F ^a   Robertson, Kelly M ^a   Van Bree, Peter J H ^b   Mead, James G ^c  

^a SOUTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Bottlenose dolphin; Cetacea; Delphinidae; Discriminant analysis; Genetics; Indo Pacific; Morphology; mtDNA; Nomenclature; Red Sea; Taxonomy

Indexed keywords

CRANIUM; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; DOLPHIN; GENETICS; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NOMENCLATURE; TAXONOMY;

AFRICA; ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; INDIAN OCEAN; RED SEA [INDIAN OCEAN]; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TAIWAN;

CETACEA; DELPHINIDAE; TURSIOPS; TURSIOPS ADUNCUS; TURSIOPS TRUNCATUS;

EID: 33947631973     PISSN: 08240469     EISSN: 17487692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-7692.2007.00119.x     Document Type: Article

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