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'Everyone who loves the sea and what's in it should own this book.' - Bill Bryson
From the blue whale to the Indo-Pacific finless porpoise, this handbook is the most comprehensive, authoritative and up-to-date reference to each of the world's 90 species of cetaceans.
With more than 1,000 meticulous and specially commissioned illustrations – complete with flukes, blows and dive sequences – it includes detailed annotations pointing out significant field marks, as well as extensive distribution and migration maps.
Many of the world's most respected whale biologists have collaborated on the text, helping to provide the ultimate guide to the identification, distribution, behaviour, life history and conservation of every species and subspecies of whale, dolphin and porpoise.
This is an indispensable resource for anyone interested in these truly spectacular animals.
Table of Contents
The challenges of identification
Introduction to the 14 cetacean families
Information for working at sea
Cetacean topography
Barnacles to whale lice
Quick ID Guides
Bow-riding dolphins and porpoises
Identifying whales by their flukes
Identifying whales by their blows
North Atlantic Ocean
South Atlantic Ocean
North Pacific Ocean
South Pacific Ocean
Indian Ocean
Southern Ocean
Right and bowhead whales (family Balaenidae)
Pygmy right whale (family Neobalaeidae)
Grey whale (family Eschrichtiidae)
Rorquals (family Balaenopteridae)
Sperm whales (families Physeteridae, Kogiidae)
Narwhal and beluga (family Monodontidae)
Beaked whales (family Ziphiidae)
Blackfish (family Dolphinidae)
Shorter-beaked oceanic dolphins (family Delphinidae)
Longer-beaked oceanic dolphines (family Delphinidae)
River dolphins (families Platanistidae, Iniidae, Pontoporiidae, Lipotidae)
Porpoises (family Phocoenidae)
Caring for whales, dolphins and porpoises
Glossary
Species checklist
Conversion units
Sources and resources
Artists' biographies
Acknowledgements
Image credits
Product details
| Published | 21 Jan 2020 |
|---|---|
| Format | Hardback |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 528 |
| ISBN | 9781472908148 |
| Imprint | Bloomsbury Wildlife |
| Illustrations | Full colour photographs and more than 1,000 species illustrations |
| Dimensions | 234 x 153 mm |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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