Description of a new subspecies of Commerson's dolphin, Cephalorhynchus commersonii (Lacépède, 1804), inhabiting the coastal waters of the Kerguelen Islands

Mammalia

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 172-180

  Robineau, Daniel ^a   Goodall, Rae Natalie Prosser ^b   Pichler, Franz ^c   Baker, Charles S ^c  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^b CENTRO AUSTRAL DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS CADIC CONICET   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Cephalorhynchus commersonii; Cetacea; Commerson's dolphin; Delphinidae; Kerguelen Islands; New subspecies

Indexed keywords

COASTAL WATER; DOLPHIN; ISLAND; ISOLATED POPULATION; MORPHOLOGY; NEW SPECIES; SUBSPECIES;

FRENCH SOUTHERN TERRITORIES; INDIAN OCEAN; INDIAN OCEAN ISLANDS; KERGUELEN ISLANDS; SOUTH AMERICA;

CEPHALORHYNCHUS COMMERSONII; CETACEA; DELPHINIDAE;

EID: 36849020584     PISSN: 00251461     EISSN: 18641547     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/MAMM.2007.034     Document Type: Article

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