Recent data on whales and dolphins (Mammalia: Cetacea) from the Cape Verde Islands : including records of four taxa new to the archipelago
- Based on both stranding and sighting records, recent data on the status and distribution of whales and dolphins in the Cape Verde Islands are presented, including records of four taxa new to the archipelago, viz. Common minke whale Balaenoptera acutorostrata, Dwarf sperm whale Kogia sima, beaked whale Mesoplodon cf. europaeus and False killer whale Pseudorca crassidens. Distribution elsewhere in the tropical eastern Atlantic and some taxonomic issues are discussed.
- São apresentados dados recentes sobre a distribuição de baleias e golfinhos em Cabo Verde, obtidos com base em registos de avistamentos e arrojamentos, incluindo quatro taxa novos para o arquipélago, viz. Baleia-anã Balaenoptera acutorostrata, Cachalote-anã Kogia sima, baleia-de-bico Mesoplodon cf. europaeus e Orca-bastarda Pseudorca crassidens. É igualmente discutida a distribuição no Atlântico leste tropical, bem como um conjunto de aspectos taxonómicos.
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| Author: | Cornelis J. Hazevoet, Vanda Monteiro, Pedro López, Nuria Varo, Gergely Torda, Simon Berrow, Barbara Gravanita |
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| URN: | urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-369924 |
| ISSN: | 2074-5737 |
| Parent Title (Multiple languages): | Zoologia Caboverdiana = Revista da Sociedade Cabo Veriana de Zoologia |
| Document Type: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Date of Publication (online): | 2015/02/10 |
| Year of first Publication: | 2010 |
| Publishing Institution: | Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg |
| Release Date: | 2015/02/10 |
| Tag: | Cape Verde Islands; Cetacea; distribution; dolphins; whales |
| Volume: | 1 |
| Issue: | 2 |
| Page Number: | 25 |
| First Page: | 75 |
| Last Page: | 99 |
| HeBIS-PPN: | 368301710 |
| Dewey Decimal Classification: | 5 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik / 59 Tiere (Zoologie) / 590 Tiere (Zoologie) |
| Sammlungen: | Sammlung Biologie / Sondersammelgebiets-Volltexte |
| Zeitschriften / Jahresberichte: | Zoologia Caboverdiana / Zoologia Caboverdiana Vol. 1, No. 2 (2010) |
| : | urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-369608 |
| Licence (German): |  Deutsches Urheberrecht |
