Skull morphometry of the two subspecies of long-finned Pilot Whale (Globicephala melas Trail 1809)

Skull morphometric data was collected from 93 adult specimens of both subspecies of the long-finned Pilot Whale, G. melas edwardii (Southern Ocean) and G. melas melas (North Atlantic Ocean,) with the aim of providing new information on their cranial characterizations and distinction between such sub...

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Main Author: Marina, Tomas
Format: Dataset
Language:unknown
Published: figshare 2017
Subjects:
60807 Animal Structure and Function
FOS Biological sciences
60301 Animal Systematics and Taxonomy
Southern Ocean
North Atlantic
Online Access:https://dx.doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.4828579
https://figshare.com/articles/dataset/Skull_morphometry_of_the_two_subspecies_of_long-finned_Pilot_Whale_Globicephala_melas_Trail_1809_/4828579
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Summary:Skull morphometric data was collected from 93 adult specimens of both subspecies of the long-finned Pilot Whale, G. melas edwardii (Southern Ocean) and G. melas melas (North Atlantic Ocean,) with the aim of providing new information on their cranial characterizations and distinction between such subspecies. This brings a new line of evidence to help re-assess the current taxonomy of Globicephala melas.

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