Northernmost record of Shepherd’s beaked whale (Tasmacetus shepherdi) – a morphological and genetic description from a stranding from Shark Bay, Western Australia.

Northernmost record of Shepherd’s beaked whale (Tasmacetus shepherdi) – a morphological and genetic description from a stranding from Shark Bay, Western Australia.

Shepherd’s beaked whale (Tasmacetus shepherdi) is one of the least known cetaceans. Based on the location of 45 strandings and two at-sea sightings, T. shepherdi is thought to have a circumpolar distribution in the temperate waters of the Southern Hemisphere between latitudes 33°S and 50°S. On 10 No...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Holyoake, Carly, Holley, David, Spencer, Peter, Salgado-Kent, Chandra, Coughran, Douglas, Lars, Bejder
Format: Journal Article
Published: Surrey Beatty and Sons 2013
Subjects:
Shepherd’s beaked whale
DNA sequencing
molecular identification
Ziphiidae
Tasmacetus shepherdi
Online Access:http://search.informit.com.au/documentSummary;dn=657876872228143;res=E-LIBRARY
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/23655

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http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/23655

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