The Beaked Whales of the Family Ziphiidae / An Account of the Beaked Whales of the Family Ziphiidae in the Collection of the United States Museum...

by Frederick W. True

TABLE OF CONTENTS.

Page. [Introduction] 1 [Descriptions of skulls and skeletons of Ziphioid whales] 3 [Genus Mesoplodon] 3 [Mesoplodon bidens] 4 [densirostris] 9 [europæus] 11 [stejnegeri] 24 [Genus Ziphius] 30 [Ziphius cavirostris] 30 [Genus Berardius] 60 [Berardius bairdii] 60 [Genus Hyperoödon] 76 [Hyperoödon ampullatus] 76 [List of species of existing Ziphioid whales] 76 [Index] 79 [Explanation of plates] 83

AN ACCOUNT OF THE BEAKED WHALES OF THE FAMILY ZIPHIIDÆ IN THE COLLECTION OF THE UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM, WITH REMARKS ON SOME SPECIMENS IN OTHER AMERICAN MUSEUMS.

By Frederick W. True,
Head Curator, Department of Biology, U. S. National Museum.