A review of beaked whale (Ziphiidae) stranding incidents from the inshore waters of eastern Canada
Donald F. McAlpine,
Tonya Wimmer,
Wayne Ledwell
et al.
Abstract:Cetaceans of the family Ziphiidae (beaked whales) include some of the least known whale species. We review 78 ziphiid stranding incidents from the inshore waters of eastern Canada (defined as the Atlantic provinces north to central Labrador, including the Gulf coast of Quebec, from ~latitude 43.5°N to 55.0°W), with outcomes that involve 84 individual whales. This includes all eastern Canadian ziphiid stranding incidents known to us from the first report of 24 February 1934 to 31 December 2021 for the five spec… Show more
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