SKELETAL MEASUREMENTS ON SOME LARGE CETACEAN SPECIES DONE BY SCIENTISTS OF TUMSAT AND ICR

• Published in: Cetacean Population Studies Vol. 3; pp. 215 - 230
• Main Authors: Nakamura, Gen, Zenitani, Ryoko, Bando, Takeharu, Fujise, Yoshihiro, Yamamoto, Ryuji, Nishimura, Futaba, Hirose, Ayumi, Kim, Yujin, Kato, Hidehiro
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Publication Committee for Cetacean Population Studies 28.12.2021
• Subjects: Balaenopteridae; Eschrichtiidae; large whale; morphometric; skeletal measurement

In the present paper, detailed measurements of the cranium and mandible of the following large cetacean species and subspecies have been assembled: Antarctic minke whale (Balaenoptera bonaerensis; n=7), dwarf minke whale (B. acutorostrata subsp.; n=8), North Pacific common minke whale (B. a. scammon...