120
Atlantic white-sided dolphin 123
White-beaked dolphin 126
Atlantic bottlenosed dolphin 128
Guiana dolphin 132
Rough-toothed dolphin 135
Pygmy killer whale 138
Many-toothed blackfish 142
Pygmy sperm whale 144
Dwarf sperm whale 148
Harbor porpoise 150
Acknowledgments 152
Selected bibliography 152

Appendix A, Tags on whales, dolphins, and porpoises 154

Appendix B, Recording and reporting observations of cetaceans
at sea 160

Appendix C, Stranded whales, dolphins, and porpoises; with a key
to the identification of stranded cetaceans of the western
North Atlantic 163

Appendix D, Recording and reporting data on stranded cetaceans 169

Appendix E, List of institutions to contact regarding stranded
cetaceans 171

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Whales, Dolphins, and Porpoises of the Western North Atlantic

A Guide to Their Identification

STEPHEN LEATHERWOOD,[1] DAVID K. CALDWELL,[2] and HOWARD E. WINN[3]

with special assistance by
William E. Schevill[4] and Melba C. Caldwell[2]

[Footnote 1: Biomedical Division, Undersea Sciences