Handbook of the Mammals of the World - Volume 4 Sea Mammals

Bellaterra 2104, hardcover, large format, 31 x 24 cm, 614 pages, 30 colour plates, 667 colour photographs, 147 distribution maps, illustrations by Toni Lobet. ?Marine mammals include some of the most fascinating animals on Earth. Large, majestic whales and stunning, playful dolphins have provided mysterious companionship to humans at sea for hundreds of years. These magical creatures, along with the equally fascinating manatees, dugongs, seals, sea lions, and walruses, have developed a completely different set of adaptations from their terrestrial ancestors and relatives. Volume 4 of the HMW series provides complete accounts of all species and families in these important groups. Lavishly illustrated with colour photographs showing different behaviours of all of them, the text contains the latest up-to-date information on all families of sea mammals?. Content: Otariidae (Eared Seals); Odobenidae (Walrus), Phocidae (Earless Seals), Balaenidae (Right and Bowhead Whales), Neobalaenidae (Pygmy Right Whale), Eschrichtiidae (Gray Whale), Balaenopteridae (Rorquals), Physeteridae (Sperm Whale), Kogiidae (Pygmy and Dwarf Sperm Whales), Ziphiidae (Beaked Whales), Platanistidae (South Asian River Dolphin), Iniidae (Amazon River Dolphins), Lipotidae (Baiji Pontoporiidae (Franciscana), Monodontidae (Narwhal and Beluga), Delphinidae (Ocean Dolphins), Phocoenidae (Porpoises), Trichechidae (Manatees), Dugongidae (Dugong).