False Killer Whale: Pseudorca crassidens

Encyclopedia of Marine Mammals

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 405-406

  Baird, Robin W ^a  

^a CASCADIA RESEARCH COLLECTIVE   (United States)

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EID: 84884884546     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-373553-9.00097-3     Document Type: Chapter

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