Author: Ross, G.J.B. and Tietz, R.M.
Title: Annals of the Cape Provincial Museums. Volume 9. Part 1. Records of Cuvier's Beaked Whale, Ziphius Cavirostris from Southern Africa.
Description: Cape Provincial Museums, Albany Museum, Grahamstown. Natural History. Volume 9. Part 1. 31st October 1972. Printed wraps, stapled, 10pp, illustrated. 184mm wide x 240mm high. New unread copy. The strandings in recent years of four goose-beaked whales, Ziphius cavirostris G. Curvier, 1823, are recorded and the authenticity of localities of three previous records is discussed briefly. Features of the skull relative to sex and age are examined and some comments made on individual variation.

Keywords: port elizabeth museum albany museum grahamstown eastern cape cape provincial museum south southern africa african cuvier's beaked whales ziphius carvirostris marine mammals


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