A stranding of pygmy killer whale Feresa attenuata Gray, 1874 on Boavista during February 2012 : first record for the Cape Verde Islands
- On 10 February 2012, at 0845 UTC, a mass stranding involving seven (six adults and a juvenile) pygmy killer whales Feresa attenuata Gray, 1874 occurred at Praia de Boa Esperança (16º12’26”N, 22º52’00”W), along the northern coast of Boavista island, Cape Verde Islands. The event was witnessed by a group of kite-surfers, who managed to move three animals (two adults and a juvenile) back to the sea. No re-strandings were noted. At 1330 UTC, staff of the Protected Areas Department visited the site and recorded four specimens (two alive and two dead). At 1700 UTC, only two carcasses were found on the beach, the others apparently having been washed out to sea.
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| Author: | Pedro López-Suárez, Carolina Oujo, Matthew Acre, Cornelis J. Hazevoet |
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| URN: | urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-370091 |
| 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: | 2012 |
| Publishing Institution: | Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg |
| Release Date: | 2015/02/10 |
| Tag: | Cape Verde Islands; Cetacea; Delphinidae; Feresa; stranding |
| Volume: | 3 |
| Issue: | 1 |
| Page Number: | 4 |
| First Page: | 52 |
| Last Page: | 55 |
| HeBIS-PPN: | 36832236X |
| 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. 3, No. 1 (2012) |
| : | urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-369632 |
| Licence (German): |  Deutsches Urheberrecht |
