Marine mammals of the world
Subtitle: a comprehensive guide to their identification
By: Thomas A. Jefferson, Marc A. Webber, Robert L. Pitman ; illustrations by Brett Jarrett
Contributors: Webber, Marc A; Pitman, Robert L
Publisher: Academic
Published: 2008
Place of publication: London; Burlington, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 573
ISBN-13: 9780123838537
Subjects: Marine mammals; Marine mammals -- Identification
Genres: Identification
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 549-570) and indexes
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Basic marine mammal biology; title: Taxonomic groupings above the species level; title: Cetacean species accounts; title: Pinniped species accounts; title: Sirenian and other species accounts; title: Extinct species accounts; title: Dichotomous identification keys; title: Summaries of characters for similar species; title: Glossary of technical terms; title: References; title: Index, common names; title: Index, scientific names