An updated, annotated checklist of the marine mammals of Hong Kong
Records of marine mammal strandings, sightings, and captures from the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China, were reviewed. A total of 16 species of cetaceans (1 baleen whale and 15 toothed whales, dolphins, and porpoises) have been confirmed to occur in Hong Kong....
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ftzenodo:oai:zenodo.org:1236311 2024-09-09T19:31:44+00:00 An updated, annotated checklist of the marine mammals of Hong Kong Jefferson, Thomas A. Hung, Samuel K. 2007-01-01 https://doi.org/10.1515/mamm.2007.021 unknown Zenodo https://doi.org/10.1515/mamm.2007.021 oai:zenodo.org:1236311 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Creative Commons Zero v1.0 Universal https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode info:eu-repo/semantics/article 2007 ftzenodo https://doi.org/10.1515/mamm.2007.021 2024-07-26T05:50:56Z Records of marine mammal strandings, sightings, and captures from the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China, were reviewed. A total of 16 species of cetaceans (1 baleen whale and 15 toothed whales, dolphins, and porpoises) have been confirmed to occur in Hong Kong. An additional two species of baleen whales have been reported, but cannot be confirmed at this time (in fact, we suspect that they are both misidentifications). Additional species may have occurred in Hong Kong in the past; however, the dugong and the gray whale have probably been extirpated from the area. Of those species found to be present in the area, only two are regularly observed in Hong Kong waters and are considered residents: the Indo-Pacific humpback dolphin (Sousa chinensis) and the finless porpoise (Neophocaena phocaenoides). Article in Journal/Newspaper baleen whale baleen whales toothed whales Zenodo Pacific mammalia 71 3 |
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Records of marine mammal strandings, sightings, and captures from the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China, were reviewed. A total of 16 species of cetaceans (1 baleen whale and 15 toothed whales, dolphins, and porpoises) have been confirmed to occur in Hong Kong. An additional two species of baleen whales have been reported, but cannot be confirmed at this time (in fact, we suspect that they are both misidentifications). Additional species may have occurred in Hong Kong in the past; however, the dugong and the gray whale have probably been extirpated from the area. Of those species found to be present in the area, only two are regularly observed in Hong Kong waters and are considered residents: the Indo-Pacific humpback dolphin (Sousa chinensis) and the finless porpoise (Neophocaena phocaenoides). |
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Jefferson, Thomas A. Hung, Samuel K. An updated, annotated checklist of the marine mammals of Hong Kong |
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Jefferson, Thomas A. Hung, Samuel K. |
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An updated, annotated checklist of the marine mammals of Hong Kong |
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An updated, annotated checklist of the marine mammals of Hong Kong |
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An updated, annotated checklist of the marine mammals of Hong Kong |
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An updated, annotated checklist of the marine mammals of Hong Kong |
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An updated, annotated checklist of the marine mammals of Hong Kong |
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updated, annotated checklist of the marine mammals of hong kong |
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