FIRST REPORTED STRANDING OF A DWARF MINKE WHALE, Balaenoptera acutorostrata (LACÉPÈDE, 1804), ON THE COAST OF CEARÁ, NORTHEASTERN BRAZIL

• Main Authors: Oliveira de Meirelles, Ana Carolina, Choi, Katherine Fiedler, Silva de Oliveira, Mardônio
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: Portuguese
• Published: Universidade Federal do Ceará 2011
• Subjects: reported stranding; dwarf minke whale; Balaenoptera acutorostrata; distribution; Ceará State; registro de encalhe; baleia minke anã; distribuição; Estado do Ceará; Nordeste; minke whale
• Online Access: http://www.periodicos.ufc.br/arquivosdecienciadomar/article/view/169; https://doi.org/10.32360/acmar.v44i2.169

This paper reports the first stranding of a dwarf minke whale, Balaenoptera acutorostrata, in the State of Ceará, Northeastern Brazil. The animal stranded in advanced state of decomposition on Tabuba Beach (03º38’08”S, 38º42’21”W) on July, 2005. The specimen identification was based on the analyses...