Title Handbook of the mammals of the world. 4, Sea mammals / chief editors, Don E. Wilson, Russell A. Mitermeier ; associate editors, Albert Martínez-Vilalia, David Leslie Jr. ; artwork editor and color plates illustrator, Toni Llobet ; photographic editors, Josep del Hoyo, José Luis Copete, Albert Martínez-Vilalta ; authors, Gill Braulik [and 24 others]

Published [Barcelona?] : Lynx Ediciones, [2014] ©2014

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Description 614 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 32 cm Contents Introduction / D.E. Wilson -- Sea mammal conservation / R.B. Mast, D.N. Castelblanco-Martinez & A.H. Hemphill -- Order Carnivora. Family Otariidae (eared seals) / M.A. Webber ; Family Odobenidae (walrus) / B.S. Stewart ; Family Phocidae (earless seals) / B.S. Stewart -- Order Cetacea. Family Balaenidae (right and bowhead whales / B.E. Curry & R.L. Brownell, Jr. ; Family Neobalaenidae (pygmy right whale) / C.M. Kemper ; Family Eschrichtiidae (gray whale) / S.L. Swartz ; Family Balaenopteridae (rorquals) / T.A. Demere ; Family Physeteridae (sperm whale) / S.L. Mesnick ; Family Kogiidae (pygmy and dwarf sperm whales / D.F. McAlpine ; Family Ziphiidae (beaked whales) / C.D. MacLeod ; Family Platanistidae (South Asian river dolphin) / G.T. Braulik ; Family Iniidae (Amazon River dolphins) / V.M.F da Silva & A.R. Martin ; Family Lipotidae (baiji) / B.D. Smith ; Family Pontoporiidae (Franciscana) / E.R. Secchi ; Family Monodontidae (narwhal and beluge) / P.R. Richard ; Family Delphinidae (ocean dolphins) / J.Y. Wang, K.N. Riehl & S.Z. Dungan ; Family Phocoenidae (porpoises) / T.A. Jefferson -- Order Sirenia. Family Trichechidae (manatees) / T.J. O'Shea ; Family Dugongidae (dugong) / H.D. Marsh Notes "Published ... in association with Conservation International and IUCN"--Cover Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 577-605) and index Subject Marine mammals Marine mammals -- Classification Marine mammals -- Geographical distribution Mammals Mammals Mammalia (class) Marine mammals -- Geographical distribution. Marine mammals. Marine mammals -- Encyclopedias. Genre/Form Encyclopedias. encyclopedias. Classification. Encyclopedias. Encyclopédies. Author Wilson, Don E., editor Mittermeier, Russell A., editor Conservation International International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources ISBN 9788496553934 8496553930

Other Titles Mammals of the world : sea mammals Sea mammals

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