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Whales & Dolphins of
India
| Title |
Whales and Dolphins of India |
| Publisher |
Conservation of Nature Trust,
'Lagrace', 43-C, Water Tank
Road
Nagercoil - 629 001, Tamil
Nadu, India |
| Editor |
R.S.Lal Mohan, M.Sc., Ph.D.
Chairman, Conservation of
Nature Trust,
Member Species Survival
Commission (IUCN)
Nagercoil - 629 001, Tamil
Nadu, India |
| Price |
Rs. 100 / USD 10.- |
| Postage |
- |
| Pages |
92 |
| Content |
Characteristics of Whales
& Dolphins, Classification of whales & dolphins, Baleen Whales,
Tooth Whales (dolphins & propoiscs). Their salient features, description,
natural history, distribution, threats and conservation measures of the
following species found in Indian Coast & Rivers: Baleen Whales, Eubalaena
glacialis (Right Whale) , Rorqual Whales, Balaenoptera acutorostrata (Minke
Whale), Balaenoptera physalus (Fin Whale), Balaenoptera borealis (Sei Whale),
Balaenoptera edent (Bryde's Whale), Megaptera novaeangliae (Humpback whale),
Tooth whales dolphin and propoises, Physeter macrocephalus (Sperm Whale),
Kogia breviceps (Pygmy sperm whale), Kogia simus (Dwarf sperm whale), Ziphius
cavirostris (Cuvier's beaked whale), Orcaella brevirostris (Irrawaddy dolphin),
Peponocephalea electra (melon head whale), Pseudorca crassidens (False
killer whale), Orcinus orca (Killer whale), Globicephala macrorhynchus
(Short finned pilot whale), Sousa chinensis (Indo-Pacific humpback dolphin),
Delphinus delphis (Common dolphin), Tursiops truncatus (Bottle nose dolphin),
Grampus griseus (Risso's dolphin), Stenella longirostris (Spinner dolphin),
Neophocaena phocaenottles (Finless propoise), Platanista gangetica (Ganges
river dolphin). |
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Payment:
Dr. R. S. Lal Mohan
'Lagrace', 43-C, Water Tank
Road
Nagercoil - 629 001, Tamil
Nadu, India
Phone +91-(0)4652-35 027
Fax +91-(0)4652-34
680
eMail monian@md2.vsnl.net.in
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Dr. R.S. Lal Mohan, last updated Oct.. 2000, grieb@web.de
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