Long-finned pilot whale (Globicephala melas, Traill 1809) subspecies in the Atlantic Ocean: Are there differences in their skulls?

• Published in: Marine Mammal Science
• Main Authors: Marina, Tomas Ignacio, Marchesi, María Constanza, Prosser Goodall, Rae Natalie
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley Blackwell Publishing, Inc
• Subjects: LONG-FINNED PILOT WHALE; GLOBICEPHALA MELAS EDWARDII; GLOBICEPHALA MELAS MELAS; SKULL MORPHOMETRY; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.6; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1; Austral; Argentina; Nares; Sarmiento; Fossa; Marchesi; North Atlantic
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/113013

Long-finned pilot whales (Globicephala melas) are among the few odontocetes that show an anti-tropical distribution. The North Atlantic subspecies (G. m. melas, Traill 1809) has been widely studied in the east and west coast, but there is little previous information on the Southern subspecies (G. m....