River Dolphins and Larger Toothed Whales

Ridgway and Harrison's Handbook of Marine Mammals, Volume 3

Thomas Allen Jefferson, National Marine Mammal Foundation

• Publisher: Academic Press
• Year: 2026
• Topic: Technology & Engineering
• eBook ISBN:
  9780443136702
• Subtopic: Zoology
• Index: Technology & Engineering

River Dolphins and Larger Toothed Whales, Volume Three in Ridgway and Harrison's Handbook of Marine Mammals, consists of species review chapters written by global experts on brackish and freshwater dolphin species and larger toothed whales. Each chapter includes a description of the species that is followed by sections on distribution and abundance, anatomy, physiology, behavior, ecology, reproduction, parasites and diseases, and the impacts of human activities on the species. This series was founded to help scientists, conservationists, and informed laypersons alike find definitive reviews on all the world's living whales, dolphins, porpoises, seals, sea lions, sea cows, marine otters, and bears.Some of the world's most beautiful, intelligent, and highly adapted mammals inhabit our seas and oceans and have stirred the human imagination for many centuries. As our knowledge of marine mammals grows, the need exists for a reliable and complete reference to the ecology and biology of these fascinating creatures. This book addresses this important need. - Provides in-depth reviews of sperm whales, beaked whales, and narwhals - Addresses the evolution, anatomy, ecology, distribution, and behavior of these marine mammal species - Features numerous photos of live and specimen animals, skulls, and anatomical details, along with distribution maps

Table of contents

• Title of Book
• Chapter 1. Amazon River dolphin Inia geoffrensis (Blainville, 1817)
• Chapter 2. Franciscana Pontoporia blainvillei (Gervais & d'Orbigny, 1844)
• Chapter 3. Ganges and Indus River dolphins Platanista gangetica (Lebeck, 1801) and Platanista minor Owen, 1853
• Chapter 4. Irrawaddy and Australian snubfin dolphins Orcaella brevirostris (Owen in Gray, 1866) and O. heinsohni Beasley, Robertson & Arnold, 2005
• Chapter 5. Beluga Delphinapterus leucas (Pallas, 1776)
• Chapter 6. Narwhal Monodon monoceros Linnaeus, 1758
• Chapter 7. Sperm whale Physeter macrocephalus Linnaeus, 1758
• Chapter 8. Dwarf and pygmy sperm whales Kogia sima (Owen, 1866) and Kogia breviceps (de Blainville, 1838)
• Chapter 9. Baird's, Arnoux's, and Sato's beaked whales Berardius bairdii Stejneger, 1883, B. arnuxii Duvernoy, 1851, and B. minimus Yamada et al., 2019
• Chapter 10. Goose-beaked whale Ziphius cavirostris G. Cuvier, 1823
• Chapter 11. Shepherd's beaked whale Tasmacetus shepherdi Oliver, 1937
• Chapter 12. Bottlenose whales Hyperoodon ampullatus (Forster, 1770) and Hyperoodon planifrons Flower, 1882
• Chapter 13. Longman's beaked whale Indopacetus pacificus (Longman, 1926)
• Chapter 14. Beaked whales of the genus Mesoplodon Gervais, 1850
• Index