1st Edition

Baleen Whales Mammals of Russia and Adjacent Regions

Edited By V E Sokolov, V.A. Arsen'ev, J. Mead Copyright 2006
    332 Pages
    by CRC Press

    The book presents information on the biological peculiarities of baleen whales of the order Cetacea. The species description include characteristic features, systematic position, range, biology, and practical significance of the member of the suborder.

    FOREWORD TO THE ENGLISH EDITION
    FOREWORD TO THE RUSSIAN EDITION
    VLADIMIR G. HEPTNER (1901-1975): A BRIEF LIFE SKETCH
    VLADIMIR GEORGIEVICH HEPTNER
    (JUNE 22-1901-JULY 5, 1975):
    A BRIEF BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH
    ORDER OF CETACEANS—CETACEA BRISSON, 1762
    KEY FOR IDENTIFICATION OF SUBORDERS
    Suborder of Baleen or Toothless Whales—
    Suborder Mysticeti Flower, 1864
    Key for Identification of Families of the
    Suborder of Baleen Whales
    Family of Gray Whales—Family Eschrichtiidae
    Weber, 1904
    Genus of Gray Whales, Eschrichtius Gray, 1864
    Gray Whales, Eschrichtius robustus Lillijeborg, 1861
    Diagnosis
    Description
    Geographic Distribution
    Geographic Variation
    Biology
    Practical Significance
    Family of Rorquals and Humpback
    Whales – Family Balaenopteridae Gray, 1864
    Key for Identification of Species of the Family
    of Rorquals and Humpback Whales
    Genus of Rorquals Balaenoptera Lacepede, 1804
    Lesser Rorqual, Balaenoptera acutorostrata
    Lacépède, 1804
    Diagnosis
    Description
    Geographic Distribution
    Geographic Variation
    Biology
    Practical Significance
    Sei Whale, Balaenoptera borealis Lesson, 1828
    Daignosis
    Description
    Geographic Distribution
    Geographic Variation
    Biology
    Practical Significance
    Bryde’s Whale, Balaenoptera edeni Anderson, 1878
    Fin Whale or Herring Whale, Balaenoptera physalus
    Linnaeus, 1758
    Diagnosis
    Description
    Geographic Distribution
    Geographic Variation
    Biology
    Practical Significance
    Blue Whale, Balaenoptera musculus Linnaeus, 1758
    Diagnosis
    Description
    Systematic Position
    Geographic Distribution
    Geographic Variation
    Biology
    Practical Significance
    Genus of Humpback Whales, Megaptera Gray, 1864
    Humpback Whale, Megaptera novaeangliae
    Borowski, 1781
    Diagnosis
    Description
    Geographic Distribution
    Geographic Variation
    Biology
    Practical Significance
    Family of Right Whales—Family Balaenidae
    Gray, 1825
    Key for Identification of Species of Family
    Balalenidae
    Genus of Black Right Whales, Eubalaena Gray, 1864
    Southern (Japanese) Right Whale, Eubalaena
    glacialis Muller
    Diagnosis
    Description
    Geographic Distribution
    Geographic Variation
    Biology
    Practical Significance
    Genus of Greenland or Right Whales, Balaena
    Linnaeus,
    Greenland or Right Whale, Balaena mysticetus
    Linnaeus,
    Diagnosis
    Description
    Geographic Distribution
    Geographic Variation
    Biology
    Practical Significance
    Literature Cited

    Biography

    V E Sokolov, V.A. Arsen'ev, J. Mead