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"Whitt, Amy"

 
 
 Whitt, Amy; D., Jefferson, T. A.; Blanco, M.; Fertl, D.; Rees, D. (detail)
   
2014
A review of marine mammal records of Cuba.
Latin American Journal of Aquatic Mammals 9(2): 65-122. 1 tab. 9 figs. + appendix. http://dx.doi.org/10.5597/lajam00175 Publ. online Jan. 27, 2014.
–ABSTRACT: There has been very little research on marine mammals in Cuban waters. Much of the information on marine mammals in this region is buried in historical and gray literature. In order to provide a comprehensive account of marine mammal occurrence in Cuba's Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), we reviewed and verified 659 published and unpublished sighting, stranding, capture, and tagging records. Eighteen extant species and four genera have confirmed records for Cuban EEZ waters. This includes 17 species of cetaceans (three baleen whales and 14 toothed whales) and one sirenian species. An additional 11 cetacean species and one extant pinniped species have been reported, but not con?rmed, or may have the potential to occur in Cuban waters. Historical records of the Caribbean monk seal (Monachus tropicalis) are documented in Cuba; however, this species is now considered extinct. The only two species that are seen regularly and considered common in Cuban nearshore waters are the common bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) and the West Indian manatee (Trichechus manatus).
  RESUMEN: No hay mucha investigaci?n sobre el tema de los mam?feros marinos en aguas cubanas. La mayor?a dela informaci?n se encuentra enterrada en la literatura hist?rica y gris. A fin de proporcionar un informe completo dela presencia de mam?feros marinos en la Zona Econ?mica Exclusiva (ZEE) de Cuba, hemos revisado y verificado 659 registros publicados y no publicados de avistamientos, varamientos, capturas y marcajes. Dieciocho especies existentes y cuatro g?neros tienen registros confirmados para las aguas de la ZEE cubana. Esto incluye 17 especies de cet?ceos (tres ballenas barbadas y 14 odontocetos) y una especie de sirenio. Tambi?n se han reportado sin confirmar, o tienen el potencial de presentarse en aguas cubanas, 11 especies de cet?ceos y una especie de pinn?pedo. Existen registros hist?ricos de la foca monje del Caribe (Monachus tropicalis) en Cuba, sin embargo esta especie se considera extinta. Las ?nicas dos especies que se ven regularmente y se consideran comunes en las aguas costeras de Cuba son el tursi?n (Tursiops truncatus) y el manat? antillano (Trichechus manatus).
Daryl P. Domning, Research Associate, Department of Paleobiology, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. 20560, and Laboratory of Evolutionary Biology, Department of Anatomy, College of Medicine, Howard University, Washington, D.C. 20059.
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