SKELETAL MEASUREMENTS ON SOME LARGE CETACEAN SPECIES DONE BY SCIENTISTS OF TUMSAT AND ICR

Gen Nakamura; Ryoko Zenitani; Takeharu Bando; Yoshihiro Fujise; Ryuji Yamamoto; Futaba Nishimura; Ayumi Hirose; Yujin Kim; Hidehiro Kato

doi:10.34331/cpops.2020S002

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SKELETAL MEASUREMENTS ON SOME LARGE CETACEAN SPECIES DONE BY SCIENTISTS OF TUMSAT AND ICR

Gen Nakamura , Ryoko Zenitani, Takeharu Bando, Yoshihiro Fujise, Ryuji Yamamoto, Futaba Nishimura, Ayumi Hirose, Yujin Kim, Hidehiro Kato

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Gen Nakamura Corresponding author
Laboratory of Cetacean Biology, Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology
Ryoko Zenitani
Laboratory of Cetacean Biology, Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology
Institute of Cetacean Research
Takeharu Bando
Institute of Cetacean Research
Yoshihiro Fujise
Institute of Cetacean Research
Ryuji Yamamoto
Laboratory of Cetacean Biology, Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology
Association of Ayukawa Town Planning
Futaba Nishimura
Laboratory of Cetacean Biology, Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology
Ayumi Hirose
Laboratory of Cetacean Biology, Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology
Yujin Kim
Laboratory of Cetacean Biology, Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology
Hidehiro Kato
Laboratory of Cetacean Biology, Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology
Institute of Cetacean Research

Keywords: skeletal measurement, Balaenopteridae, Eschrichtiidae, morphometric, large whale

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2021 Volume 3 Pages 215-230

DOI https://doi.org/10.34331/cpops.2020S002

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Abstract

In the present paper, detailed measurements of the cranium and mandible of the following large cetacean species and subspecies have been assembled: Antarctic minke whale (Balaenoptera bonaerensis; n=7), dwarf minke whale (B. acutorostrata subsp.; n=8), North Pacific common minke whale (B. a. scammoni; n=15), sei whale (B. borealis; n=1), Bryde’s whale (B. edeni; n=1) and gray whale (Eschrichtius robustus; n=5).

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