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- proper noun A taxonomic
genus within thefamily Delphinidae —false killer whale .
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Examples
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Whales include migratory humpback Megaptera novaeangliae (VU) and occasional blue Balaenoptera musculus (EN), rorqual Balaenoptera physalis, sperm Physeter macrocephalus (VU), Bryde's Baleanoptera edeni, killer Orcinus orca, false killer Pseudorca crassidens, pygmy killer Feresa attenuata, Cuvier's beaked Ziphius cavirostris, beaked Mesoplodon sp., shortfin pilot Globicephala macrorhynchus and melon-headed Peponocephala electra whales.
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Offshore, southern right whales Eubalaena australis (EN), which were also decimated during the 19 th century, false killer whales Pseudorca crassidens, humpback whales Megaptera novaeangliae, Tasmanian beaked whales Tasmocetus sheperdi and dusky dolphins Lagenorhyncus obscurus have all been sighted.
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-- False killer whale Pseudorca crassidens: described as a fossil in 1846 and described from modern-day strandings in 1862.
Archive 2006-03-01 Darren Naish 2006
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In captivity, Lagenorhynchus has crossed with Tursiops, as has Pseudorca.
The deer-pig, the Raksasa, the only living anthracothere… welcome to the world of babirusas Darren Naish 2006
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Pseudorca crassidens, resulting in serious injury or death through drowning.
ENS 2009
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Eleven species of whale visit the northern Gulf: blue Balaenoptera musculus (EN), fin B. physalus (EN), sperm Physeter macrocephalus (VU) and humpback Megaptera novaeangliae (VU); also killer Orcinus orca, false killer Pseudorca crassidens, shortfinned pilot Globicephala macrorhynchus, Cuvier’s beaked Ziphius cavirostris, pygmy sperm Kogia breviceps, minke Balaenoptera acutorostrata and greywhale Eschrichtius robustus. 161 species of fish, 42 of them endemic, are recorded there.
Islands and Protected Areas of the Gulf of California, Mexico 2008
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Pseudorca crassidens) get tangled in the miles-long fishing lines trying to get to the yellowfin tuna and other delectables being caught.
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Pseudorca crassidens) get tangled in the miles-long fishing lines trying to get to the yellowfin tuna and other delectables being caught.
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