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Zoographica Rosso-Asiatica, sistens monium animalium in extenso Imperio Rossico et adjacentibus maribus observatorum recensionem, domicilia, mores et descriptiones, anatomen atque icones plurimorum

Catalog Data

Author:
Pallas, P. [S.]  Search this
Type:
Citations
Date:
1831?
Notes:
Cetacea (Sirenia + Cetacea) pp. 271-296, pll. "xxx-xxii", spp. 142-151. 1. Manatus borealis p. 272, pl. xxx; 2. Delphinus leucas p. 273, pl. xxxi (auditus organum), xxxii; 3. Delphinus delphis p. 284; 4. D. phocaena p. 284; 5. D. orca p. 285; 6. Physeter macrocephalus 287; 7. Balaena physalus 289; 8. B. boops ? 291; 9. B. musculus 293; 10. Ceratodon monodon 295. At p. 286 three species of Physeter are mentioned under Aleut names, and at p. 288 six species of Balaena. These are cited by Chamisso (Nov. Act. Acad. Leop.-Carol. Nat. Curios., xii, 1, 1824, pp. 249-260), who refers to volume and page of Pallas's work, showing that this portion of the work, at least, was accessible to Chamisso as early as 1824, although not commonly recognized as "published" till 1831. On this point see Coues, Birds Col. Valley, 1878, p. 615.
Topic:
Steller's sea cow  Search this
White whale  Search this
Belukha  Search this
Beluga  Search this
Common dolphin  Search this
Saddleback porpoise  Search this
Whitebellied porpoise  Search this
Whitefront dolphin  Search this
Harbor porpoise  Search this
Killer whale  Search this
Sperm Whale  Search this
Fin whale  Search this
Finback  Search this
Humpback  Search this
Blue whale  Search this
Taxonomy:
Sirenia--Dugongidae--Hydrodamalis--gigas
Cetacea--Odontocetes--Monodontidae--Delphinapterus--leucas
Cetacea--Odontocetes--Delphinidae--Delphinus--delphis
Cetacea--Odontocetes--Phocoenidae--Phocoena--phocoena
Cetacea--Odontocetes--Delphinidae--Orcinus--orca
Cetacea--Odontocetes--Physeteridae--Physeter--catodon
Cetacea--Mysticetes--Balaenopteridae--Balaenoptera--physalus
Cetacea--Mysticetes--Balaenopteridae--Megaptera--novaeangliae
Cetacea--Mysticetes--Balaenopteridae--Balaenoptera--musculus
Data Source:
Marine Mammals Bibliography
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_bib_8470