. The Canadian field-naturalist. 408 The Canadian Field-Naturalist Vol. 105. Table 1. Measurements of a Pygmy Sperm Whale, Kogia breviceps, collected from Miquelon in October 1989. Measure Size (mm) (E 1. Pygmy Sperm Whale, Kogia breviceps, col lected from the coast of Miquelon in October 1989. Tip of lower jaw to anterior insertion of right pectoral 480 Tip of lower jaw to posterior insertion of right pectoral 615 Tip of lower jaw to anterior insertion of left pectoral 470 Tip of lower jaw to tip of right pectoral 815 Tip of low er jaw to gape of mouth 230 Tip of lower jaw to center of eye 32
. The Canadian field-naturalist. 408 The Canadian Field-Naturalist Vol. 105. Table 1. Measurements of a Pygmy Sperm Whale, Kogia breviceps, collected from Miquelon in October 1989. Measure Size (mm) (E 1. Pygmy Sperm Whale, Kogia breviceps, col lected from the coast of Miquelon in October 1989. Tip of lower jaw to anterior insertion of right pectoral 480 Tip of lower jaw to posterior insertion of right pectoral 615 Tip of lower jaw to anterior insertion of left pectoral 470 Tip of lower jaw to tip of right pectoral 815 Tip of low er jaw to gape of mouth 230 Tip of lower jaw to center of eye 325 Tip of lower jaw to notch of flukes 2315 Anterior insertion of right pectoral to tip 335 Width at insertion 150 Posterior edge at insertion to tip 265 Maximum width 120 Anterior insertion of left pectoral to tip 330 Width at insertion 140 Maximum width 120 Right insertion of flukes to tip. bottom measure 380 Left insertion of flukes to tip. bottom measure 390 Maximum width of flukes 670 Maximum width from notch, right 200 Maximum width from notch, left 200 Maximum length of penis 340 ing the skeleton; and Robin Baird for help with the literature. Literature Cited Hundley, C. O., Jr. 1966. A synopsis of the genus Kogia (pygmy sperm whales). Pages 62-69 in Whales, Dolphins and Porpoises. Edited by K. S. Norris. University of California Press, Berkeley and Los Angeles. Leatberwood S., and R. R. Reeves. 1983. The Sierra Club handbook ol whales and dolphins. Sierra Club Books. San Francisco, California. Osborne, R., J. Calambokidis, and E. M. Dorsey. 1988. A guide to marine mammals of greater Pugel Sound. Island Publishers. Anacortes, Washington. Piers, H. 1923. Accidental occurrence of the pygmy sperm whale {Kogia breviceps) on the coast of Nova Scotia: an extension of its known range: with remarks on the prob- ability of the former presence in these waters of the true sperm whale {Physeter macrocephalus). Proceedings and Transactions of the Nova Scotian Institute of Science 15:9
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