Common bottlenose dolphin: Tursiops truncatus

Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 249-255

  Wells, Randall S ^a   Scott, Michael D ^b  

^a Chicago Zoological Society   (United States)

^b INTER AMERICAN TROPICAL TUNA COMMISSION   (United States)

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EID: 84884871992     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-373553-9.00062-6     Document Type: Chapter

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