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Un cétacé fluviatile d’Afrique

Authors

Van Beneden, P. J.

Year

1892

Secondary Title

Bulletins de l' Academie Royale des Sciences, des Lettres et des Beaux-arts de Belgique

Volume

3

Pages

350-355

Keywords

Cameroon, Sousa teuszii, Atlantic humpback dolphin, morphology, West Africa

Abstract

This early description of the first Sousa teuszii specimen made known in Europe describes it as a riverine species, and repeats the observation that it was found with vegetable matter in its stomach and therefore might be vegetarian. It examins the skull from Cameroon and compares it to other known river dolphin species.