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A view of the ancient and present state of the Zetland Islands; including their civil, political, and natural history; antiquites; and an account of the agriculture, fisheries, commerce, and the state of society and manners

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Author:
Edmunston, A  Search this
Type:
Citations
Date:
1809
Notes:
whale fishery, vol. i, pp. 290-293; of the division of whales, vol. ii, pp. 154-174; cetacea, vol. ii, pp. 296-316: 1. Balaena mysticetus; 2. Balaena boops; 3. Balaena musculus; 4. Physeter catodon; 5. Physeter microps; 6. P. tursio; 7. Delphinus phocoena; 8. D. orca; 9. Balaena rostrata, Pontoppidan (= D. melas Trail); 10. Monodon monoceros. A Monodon ran ashore in Weesdale voe in Zetland in September, 1808.
Topic:
Whaling  Search this
Bowhead  Search this
Humpback  Search this
Blue whale  Search this
Sperm Whale  Search this
Harbor porpoise  Search this
Killer whale  Search this
Long-finned pilot whale  Search this
Pothead  Search this
Pilot whale  Search this
Blackfish  Search this
Taxonomy:
Cetacea--Mysticetes
Cetacea--Odontocetes
Cetacea--Mysticetes--Balaenidae--Balaena--mysticetus
Cetacea--Mysticetes--Balaenopteridae--Megaptera--novaeangliae
Cetacea--Mysticetes--Balaenopteridae--Balaenoptera--musculus
Cetacea--Odontocetes--Physeteridae--Physeter--catodon
Cetacea--Odontocetes--Phocoenidae--Phocoena--phocoena
Cetacea--Odontocetes--Delphinidae--Orcinus--orca
Cetacea--Odontocetes--Delphinidae--Globicephala--melas
Cetacea--Odontocetes--Monodontidae
Data Source:
Marine Mammals Bibliography
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_bib_8208