A True's beaked whale (Mesoplodon mirus) on the coast of Brazil: adding a new beaked whale species to the Western Tropical Atlantic and South America
A male True's beaked whale (Mesoplodon mirus) stranded alive on 04 May 2004, on the northern coast of São Paulo State, southeastern Brazil, and died twenty minutes later. To date, this species has only been recorded from the North Atlantic, southeast Africa and southern Australia. The complete...
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ftjlajam:oai:ojs.lajamjournal.org:article/221 2024-09-15T18:22:44+00:00 A True's beaked whale (Mesoplodon mirus) on the coast of Brazil: adding a new beaked whale species to the Western Tropical Atlantic and South America Souza, S. P. Siciliano, S. Cuenca, S. Sanctis, B. 2005-12-31 application/pdf https://lajamjournal.org/index.php/lajam/article/view/221 https://doi.org/10.5597/lajam00077 eng eng Sociedad Latinoamericana de Especialistas en Mamíferos Acuáticos (SOLAMAC) https://lajamjournal.org/index.php/lajam/article/view/221/173 https://lajamjournal.org/index.php/lajam/article/view/221 doi:10.5597/lajam00077 Latin American Journal of Aquatic Mammals; Vol. 4, No. 2 (2005); 129-136 2236-1057 1676-7497 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 2005 ftjlajam https://doi.org/10.5597/lajam00077 2024-08-02T03:16:28Z A male True's beaked whale (Mesoplodon mirus) stranded alive on 04 May 2004, on the northern coast of São Paulo State, southeastern Brazil, and died twenty minutes later. To date, this species has only been recorded from the North Atlantic, southeast Africa and southern Australia. The complete skeleton was saved and the heart, stomach, testis, epizoites, samples of tissues, and blood were collected. This is the first record of M. mirus for the Western Tropical Atlantic (south of the Equator) and for South America. The record provides important information on this poorly known species. Article in Journal/Newspaper North Atlantic Latin American Journal of Aquatic Mammals (LAJAM) Latin American Journal of Aquatic Mammals 4 2 |
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A male True's beaked whale (Mesoplodon mirus) stranded alive on 04 May 2004, on the northern coast of São Paulo State, southeastern Brazil, and died twenty minutes later. To date, this species has only been recorded from the North Atlantic, southeast Africa and southern Australia. The complete skeleton was saved and the heart, stomach, testis, epizoites, samples of tissues, and blood were collected. This is the first record of M. mirus for the Western Tropical Atlantic (south of the Equator) and for South America. The record provides important information on this poorly known species. |
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Souza, S. P. Siciliano, S. Cuenca, S. Sanctis, B. A True's beaked whale (Mesoplodon mirus) on the coast of Brazil: adding a new beaked whale species to the Western Tropical Atlantic and South America |
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Souza, S. P. Siciliano, S. Cuenca, S. Sanctis, B. |
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Souza, S. P. |
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A True's beaked whale (Mesoplodon mirus) on the coast of Brazil: adding a new beaked whale species to the Western Tropical Atlantic and South America |
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A True's beaked whale (Mesoplodon mirus) on the coast of Brazil: adding a new beaked whale species to the Western Tropical Atlantic and South America |
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A True's beaked whale (Mesoplodon mirus) on the coast of Brazil: adding a new beaked whale species to the Western Tropical Atlantic and South America |
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A True's beaked whale (Mesoplodon mirus) on the coast of Brazil: adding a new beaked whale species to the Western Tropical Atlantic and South America |
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A True's beaked whale (Mesoplodon mirus) on the coast of Brazil: adding a new beaked whale species to the Western Tropical Atlantic and South America |
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true's beaked whale (mesoplodon mirus) on the coast of brazil: adding a new beaked whale species to the western tropical atlantic and south america |
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Sociedad Latinoamericana de Especialistas en Mamíferos Acuáticos (SOLAMAC) |
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