Skip to main content

Thank you for visiting nature.com. You are using a browser version with limited support for CSS. To obtain the best experience, we recommend you use a more up to date browser (or turn off compatibility mode in Internet Explorer). In the meantime, to ensure continued support, we are displaying the site without styles and JavaScript.

  • News & Views
  • Published:

A whale of a new species

Nature volume 350, page 560 (1991)Cite this article

Access through your institution
Buy or subscribe

This is a preview of subscription content, access via your institution

Access options

Access through your institution

Buy this article

  • Purchase on SpringerLink
  • Instant access to full article PDF
Buy now

Prices may be subject to local taxes which are calculated during checkout

References

  1. Reyes, J. C., Mead, J. G. & Van Waerebeek, K. V. Marine Mammal Sci. 7, 1 (1991).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  2. Honacki, J. H. et al. Mammal Species of the World — A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (Allen Press, Lawrence, Kansas, 1982).

    Google Scholar 

  3. Mead, J. G. Handbook of Marine Mammals Vol. 4, 349 (Academic, New York, 1989).

    Google Scholar 

  4. Heyning, J. E. Cand. J. Zool. 62, 1645 (1984).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  5. Pitman, R. L. et al. Marine Mammal Sci. 3, 345 (1987).

    Article  Google Scholar 

  6. Minasian, S. M. et al. The World's Whales (Smithsonian Books, Washington, DC, 1984).

    Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. National Zoological Park, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC 20008, USA

    Katharine Ralls

  2. US Fish and Wildlife Service, San Simeon, California, 93452, USA

    Robert L. Brownell Jr

Authors
  1. Katharine Ralls
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author inPubMed Google Scholar

  2. Robert L. Brownell Jr
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author inPubMed Google Scholar

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Cite this article

Ralls, K., Brownell, R. A whale of a new species. Nature 350, 560 (1991). https://doi.org/10.1038/350560a0

Download citation

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/350560a0

Search

Advanced search

Quick links

Nature Briefing

Sign up for the Nature Briefing newsletter — what matters in science, free to your inbox daily.

Get the most important science stories of the day, free in your inbox. Sign up for Nature Briefing