2009
DOI: 10.1017/s1755267209001158
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New records of beaked whales (genus Mesoplodon) in southern Spain

Abstract: Here we report the stranding of two occasional species of the genus Mesoplodon not previously recorded on the Andalusian coast. Two Blainville's beaked whale stranded in two different events, one in Matalascañas (Huelva) in 1996 and another in Tarifa (Cádiz) in 2003, and two Sowerby's beaked whale were found stranded together on the coast of Rota (Cádiz) in 2007. These strandings are located near the range boundaries of both species, whose distribution is poorly known. Additionally, three new records of Gervai… Show more

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“…Regular sightings of M. bidens off the Azores (MacLeod & Mitchell, 2000; Visser, 2012; Villa, personal communication) along with many strandings (Reiner, 1986; Reiner et al ., 1993; Pereira et al ., 2011; Bachara et al , 2014) and sightings off the Madeira Archipelago (Maul & Sergeant, 1977; Freitas et al , 2012) highlight that these areas may represent the south-eastern parts of its geographic range, with the latter recent live sightings probably related to the increase in local cetological research. Stranding records of M. bidens were also reported as extralimital in the Canary Archipelago (Lanzarote) by Martín et al (2011), and from the southern Spanish Atlantic coast, near Cádiz (Bellido et al , 2008) ~100 km away from the Gibraltar Strait (Figure 1A). However, the south-westernmost stranding, maybe extralimital, occurred in Brazil in 1983 and was only recently identified as M. bidens (Bachara et al , 2014).…”
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confidence: 57%
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“…Regular sightings of M. bidens off the Azores (MacLeod & Mitchell, 2000; Visser, 2012; Villa, personal communication) along with many strandings (Reiner, 1986; Reiner et al ., 1993; Pereira et al ., 2011; Bachara et al , 2014) and sightings off the Madeira Archipelago (Maul & Sergeant, 1977; Freitas et al , 2012) highlight that these areas may represent the south-eastern parts of its geographic range, with the latter recent live sightings probably related to the increase in local cetological research. Stranding records of M. bidens were also reported as extralimital in the Canary Archipelago (Lanzarote) by Martín et al (2011), and from the southern Spanish Atlantic coast, near Cádiz (Bellido et al , 2008) ~100 km away from the Gibraltar Strait (Figure 1A). However, the south-westernmost stranding, maybe extralimital, occurred in Brazil in 1983 and was only recently identified as M. bidens (Bachara et al , 2014).…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 57%
“…num.). Getaria, Spain, 2006, N = 1 (Bachara et al , 2014); Ribeira, Spain, 2012, N = 1 (Covelo et al , 2016); Oia, Spain, 2013, N = 1 (Covelo et al , 2016); Rota, Spain, 2007, N = 2 (Bellido et al , 2008); Lanzarote, Canary Archipelago, Spain, 2007, N = 1 (Martín et al , 2011); Madeira Archipelago, Portugal, 1941–2012, N = 4 (Maul & Sergeant, 1977; Freitas et al , 2012); Azores Archipelago, Portugal, 1981–2009, N = 23 (Reiner, 1986; Reiner et al , 1993; Bachara et al , 2014). (B) Sighting positions recorded in the Mediterranean Sea by GREC (asterisk) in 2010 and by DIPNET (triangle) in 2012 and stranding site (circle) in Lérins Islands (see Table 1).…”
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confidence: 99%
“…En la tabla 1 se resumen los casos de varamientos en el litoral de Doñana en el periodo de estudio según tramos y sexo de los individuos. (Bellido et al 2008). Existe, por otro lado, el varamiento de un ejemplar de zifio de Gervais Mesoplodon europaeus (Gervais, 1855) (08/11/1993) en el Parque Nacional (Valverde & Galán 1996).…”
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“…Existe, por otro lado, el varamiento de un ejemplar de zifio de Gervais Mesoplodon europaeus (Gervais, 1855) (08/11/1993) en el Parque Nacional (Valverde & Galán 1996). Se conocen otros tres casos en playas cercanas de la provincia de Huelva: un ejemplar en 1990 en localidad desconocida, y sendos machos en la playa del Espigón, Huelva en septiembre de 1997 (Bellido et al 2008). Apenas unos kilómetros al este de la zona de estudio se da la única cita de zifio de Sowerby Mesoplodon bidens (Sowerby, 1804), dos cadáveres frescos en Rota (08/09/2007), lo que supone la segunda cita para España peninsular y primera y única para Andalucía (Bellido et al 2008).…”
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