First record of a pygmy sperm whale (Kogia breviceps, Blainville, 1838) stranding along the coast of Viti Levu, Fiji

On 18 July 2020, a small whale was found stranded along the eastern shoreline of Viti Levu, Fiji. The whale died two days later despite efforts to refloat and guide it out to sea. Morphometric measurements and photo identification confirm it to be an adult male pygmy sperm whale, Kogia breviceps (Bl...

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Published in:Australian Mammalogy
Main Authors: Dehm, Jasha, Varea, Rufino, Hewavitharane, Chinthaka, Stockwell, Brian, Brown, Kelly T.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: CSIRO Publishing 2021
Subjects:
QL Zoology
Sperm whale
Online Access:http://repository.usp.ac.fj/12735/
http://repository.usp.ac.fj/12735/1/Dehm_et_al._2021.pdf
https://www.publish.csiro.au/AM/AM21007
https://doi.org/10.1071/AM21007
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spelling ftunisouthpac:oai:generic.eprints.org:12735 2023-05-15T18:26:31+02:00 First record of a pygmy sperm whale (Kogia breviceps, Blainville, 1838) stranding along the coast of Viti Levu, Fiji Dehm, Jasha Varea, Rufino Hewavitharane, Chinthaka Stockwell, Brian Brown, Kelly T. 2021-03-16 application/pdf http://repository.usp.ac.fj/12735/ http://repository.usp.ac.fj/12735/1/Dehm_et_al._2021.pdf https://www.publish.csiro.au/AM/AM21007 https://doi.org/10.1071/AM21007 en eng CSIRO Publishing http://repository.usp.ac.fj/12735/1/Dehm_et_al._2021.pdf Dehm, Jasha and Varea, Rufino and Hewavitharane, Chinthaka and Stockwell, Brian and Brown, Kelly T. (2021) First record of a pygmy sperm whale (Kogia breviceps, Blainville, 1838) stranding along the coast of Viti Levu, Fiji. Australian Mammalogy, NA . N/A. ISSN 0310-0049 QL Zoology Journal Article PeerReviewed 2021 ftunisouthpac https://doi.org/10.1071/AM21007 2022-10-25T17:12:04Z On 18 July 2020, a small whale was found stranded along the eastern shoreline of Viti Levu, Fiji. The whale died two days later despite efforts to refloat and guide it out to sea. Morphometric measurements and photo identification confirm it to be an adult male pygmy sperm whale, Kogia breviceps (Blanville, 1838). This specimen acts as the first confirmed record of the species in Fiji. Article in Journal/Newspaper Sperm whale The University of South Pacific: USP Electronic Research Repository Australian Mammalogy 44 1 158
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First record of a pygmy sperm whale (Kogia breviceps, Blainville, 1838) stranding along the coast of Viti Levu, Fiji
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description On 18 July 2020, a small whale was found stranded along the eastern shoreline of Viti Levu, Fiji. The whale died two days later despite efforts to refloat and guide it out to sea. Morphometric measurements and photo identification confirm it to be an adult male pygmy sperm whale, Kogia breviceps (Blanville, 1838). This specimen acts as the first confirmed record of the species in Fiji.
format Article in Journal/Newspaper
author Dehm, Jasha
Varea, Rufino
Hewavitharane, Chinthaka
Stockwell, Brian
Brown, Kelly T.
author_facet Dehm, Jasha
Varea, Rufino
Hewavitharane, Chinthaka
Stockwell, Brian
Brown, Kelly T.
author_sort Dehm, Jasha
title First record of a pygmy sperm whale (Kogia breviceps, Blainville, 1838) stranding along the coast of Viti Levu, Fiji
title_short First record of a pygmy sperm whale (Kogia breviceps, Blainville, 1838) stranding along the coast of Viti Levu, Fiji
title_full First record of a pygmy sperm whale (Kogia breviceps, Blainville, 1838) stranding along the coast of Viti Levu, Fiji
title_fullStr First record of a pygmy sperm whale (Kogia breviceps, Blainville, 1838) stranding along the coast of Viti Levu, Fiji
title_full_unstemmed First record of a pygmy sperm whale (Kogia breviceps, Blainville, 1838) stranding along the coast of Viti Levu, Fiji
title_sort first record of a pygmy sperm whale (kogia breviceps, blainville, 1838) stranding along the coast of viti levu, fiji
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Dehm, Jasha and Varea, Rufino and Hewavitharane, Chinthaka and Stockwell, Brian and Brown, Kelly T. (2021) First record of a pygmy sperm whale (Kogia breviceps, Blainville, 1838) stranding along the coast of Viti Levu, Fiji. Australian Mammalogy, NA . N/A. ISSN 0310-0049
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