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Short-Finned Pilot Whale Globicephala macrorhynchus Gray, 1846

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Handbook of the Mammals of Europe

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Abstract

This comprehensive species-specific chapter covers all aspects of mammalian biology, including taxonomy, global and European distribution, genetics, morphology, life history, ecology, behavior, parasitology, human threats, and natural impacts on populations. Species conservation management and future research challenges are addressed. The chapter includes a distribution map, a photograph of the animal, and a list of key literature.

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To Rita Ferreira, Mieke Weyn, Anja Badenas Krakauer, Manuel Ribeiro, Pablo Aspas, Toshio Kasuya, Cristina Camacho Puerta, Francis Pérez, Alejandro Escánez, Vidal Martín, and Jacobo Pérez Marrero for providing images, information, and/or help with the revision. FA was funded by the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) throughout the strategic projects UIDP/04292/2020 and UIDB/04292/2020 granted to MARE and had the support of the project LA/P/0069/2020 granted to the Associate Laboratory ARNET and of the Oceanic Observatory of Madeira throughout the project M1420-01-0145-FEDER-000001-OOM. NAS was funded by a Ramon y Cajal fellowship of the Spanish Government.

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Aguilar de Soto, N., Alves, F. (2023). Short-Finned Pilot Whale Globicephala macrorhynchus Gray, 1846. In: Hackländer, K., Zachos, F.E. (eds) Handbook of the Mammals of Europe. Handbook of the Mammals of Europe. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-65038-8_101-1

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