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3. On the occurrence of Ziphius cavirostris in the Shetland Seas, and a comparison of its Skull with that of Sowerby's Whale (Mesoplodon Sowerbyi)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 September 2014

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This paper contained a brief historical sketch of Ziphius cavirostris. The skull of a specimen caught at sea in 1870, off Hamna Voe, Northmaven, Shetland, was then described, and this skull was compared with previously recorded specimens. A brief historical sketch of Sowerby's whale was then given, a skull in the Edinburgh Museum of Science and Art was described, and reasons were advanced for associating it with the genus Mesoplodon rather than with Ziphius.

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Proceedings 1871-72
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Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh , Volume 7 , 1872 , pp. 760
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Copyright © Royal Society of Edinburgh 1872

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