Professor Peter B. Best is an Extraordinary Professor at the Mammal Research Institute of the University of Pretoria, where his responsibilities are to undertake original research on whales and dolphins and to train students in the field. He has been engaged in research on cetaceans in southern Africa for over 40 years, and has more than 150 publications in peer-reviewed journals.

'This book will become a standard reference for decades, and I endorse it with great enthusiasm. Peter Best is the world's foremost authority on whales and dolphins of the region - he is simply the best in the business.' Dr Randall Reeves, Chair, IUCN Species Survival Commission's Cetacean Specialist Group

• Contributors; Foreword; The Mammal Research Institute; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Map of the subregion; The cetacean environment off southern Africa Isabelle Ansorge and Johann Lutjeharms; The South African species gate William Perrin; A classification of living cetacea; Keys to the whales, dolphins and porpoise of the region; Anatomy of cetacean skulls; Species accounts; BALAENIDAE: Southern right whale, Eubalaena australis; NEOBALAENIDAE: Pygmy right whale, Caperea marginata; BALAENOPTERIDAE: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae; Antarctic minke whale, Balaenoptera bonaerensis; Dwarf minke whale, B. acutorostrata subsp.; Bryde's whale, B. brydei; Sei whale, B. borealis; Fin whale, B. physalus; Blue whale, B. musculus; PHYSETERIDAE: Sperm whale, Physeter macrocephalus; KOGIIDAE: Pygmy sperm whale, Kogia breviceps; Dwarf sperm whale, K. sima; ZIPHIIDAE: Cuvier's beaked whale, Ziphius cavirostris; Arnoux's beaked whale, Berardius arnuxii; Shepherd's beaked whale, Tasmacetus shepherdi; Longman's beaked whale, Indopacetus pacificus; Southern bottlenose whale, Hyperoodon planifrons; Hector's beaked whale, Mesoplodon hectori; True's beaked whale, M. mirus; Gervais' beaked whale, M. europaeus; Gray's beaked whale, M. grayi; Andrews' beaked whale, M. bowdoini; Layard's beaked whale, M. layardii; Blainville's beaked whale, M. densirostris; Ginkgo-toothed beaked whale, M. ginkgodens; DELPHINIDAE: Heaviside's dolphin, Cephalorhynchus heavisidii; Commerson's dolphin, C. commersonii; Rough-toothed dolphin, Steno bredanensis; Atlantic humpback dolphin, Sousa teuszi; Indian humpback dolphin, S. chinensis; Common bottlenose dolphin, Tursiops truncates; Indian Ocean bottlenose dolphin, T. aduncus; Pantropical spotted dolphin, Stenella attenuate; Atlantic spotted dolphin, S. frontalis; Spinner dolphin, S. longirostris; Clymene dolphin, S. clymene; Striped dolphin, S. coeruleoalba; Short-beaked common dolphin, Delphinus delphis; Long-beaked common dolphin, D. capensis; Fraser's dolphin, Lagenodelphis hosei; Dusky dolphin, Lagenorhynchus obscurus; Hourglass dolphin, L. cruciger; Southern right whale dolphin, Lissodelphis peronii; Risso's dolphin, Grampus griseus; Melon-headed whale, Peponocephala electra; Pygmy killer whale, Feresa attenuate; False killer whale, Pseudorca crassidens; Killer whale, Orcinus orca; Long-finned pilot whale, Globicephala melas; Short-finned pilot whale, G. macrorhynchus; PHOCOENIDAE: Spectacled porpoise, Phocoena dioptrica; Bibliography; Glossary; Photographic acknowledgements; Index; List of subscribers.

Professor Peter B. Best is an Extraordinary Professor at the Mammal Research Institute of the University of Pretoria, where his responsibilities are to undertake original research on whales and dolphins and to train students in the field. He has been engaged in research on cetaceans in southern Africa for over 40 years, and has more than 150 publications in peer-reviewed journals.

'This book will become a standard reference for decades, and I endorse it with great enthusiasm. Peter Best is the world's foremost authority on whales and dolphins of the region - he is simply the best in the business.' Dr Randall Reeves, Chair, IUCN Species Survival Commission's Cetacean Specialist Group

• Contributors; Foreword; The Mammal Research Institute; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Map of the subregion; The cetacean environment off southern Africa Isabelle Ansorge and Johann Lutjeharms; The South African species gate William Perrin; A classification of living cetacea; Keys to the whales, dolphins and porpoise of the region; Anatomy of cetacean skulls; Species accounts; BALAENIDAE: Southern right whale, Eubalaena australis; NEOBALAENIDAE: Pygmy right whale, Caperea marginata; BALAENOPTERIDAE: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae; Antarctic minke whale, Balaenoptera bonaerensis; Dwarf minke whale, B. acutorostrata subsp.; Bryde's whale, B. brydei; Sei whale, B. borealis; Fin whale, B. physalus; Blue whale, B. musculus; PHYSETERIDAE: Sperm whale, Physeter macrocephalus; KOGIIDAE: Pygmy sperm whale, Kogia breviceps; Dwarf sperm whale, K. sima; ZIPHIIDAE: Cuvier's beaked whale, Ziphius cavirostris; Arnoux's beaked whale, Berardius arnuxii; Shepherd's beaked whale, Tasmacetus shepherdi; Longman's beaked whale, Indopacetus pacificus; Southern bottlenose whale, Hyperoodon planifrons; Hector's beaked whale, Mesoplodon hectori; True's beaked whale, M. mirus; Gervais' beaked whale, M. europaeus; Gray's beaked whale, M. grayi; Andrews' beaked whale, M. bowdoini; Layard's beaked whale, M. layardii; Blainville's beaked whale, M. densirostris; Ginkgo-toothed beaked whale, M. ginkgodens; DELPHINIDAE: Heaviside's dolphin, Cephalorhynchus heavisidii; Commerson's dolphin, C. commersonii; Rough-toothed dolphin, Steno bredanensis; Atlantic humpback dolphin, Sousa teuszi; Indian humpback dolphin, S. chinensis; Common bottlenose dolphin, Tursiops truncates; Indian Ocean bottlenose dolphin, T. aduncus; Pantropical spotted dolphin, Stenella attenuate; Atlantic spotted dolphin, S. frontalis; Spinner dolphin, S. longirostris; Clymene dolphin, S. clymene; Striped dolphin, S. coeruleoalba; Short-beaked common dolphin, Delphinus delphis; Long-beaked common dolphin, D. capensis; Fraser's dolphin, Lagenodelphis hosei; Dusky dolphin, Lagenorhynchus obscurus; Hourglass dolphin, L. cruciger; Southern right whale dolphin, Lissodelphis peronii; Risso's dolphin, Grampus griseus; Melon-headed whale, Peponocephala electra; Pygmy killer whale, Feresa attenuate; False killer whale, Pseudorca crassidens; Killer whale, Orcinus orca; Long-finned pilot whale, Globicephala melas; Short-finned pilot whale, G. macrorhynchus; PHOCOENIDAE: Spectacled porpoise, Phocoena dioptrica; Bibliography; Glossary; Photographic acknowledgements; Index; List of subscribers.

Professor Peter B. Best is an Extraordinary Professor at the Mammal Research Institute of the University of Pretoria, where his responsibilities are to undertake original research on whales and dolphins and to train students in the field. He has been engaged in research on cetaceans in southern Africa for over 40 years, and has more than 150 publications in peer-reviewed journals.

'This book will become a standard reference for decades, and I endorse it with great enthusiasm. Peter Best is the world's foremost authority on whales and dolphins of the region - he is simply the best in the business.' Dr Randall Reeves, Chair, IUCN Species Survival Commission's Cetacean Specialist Group

• Contributors; Foreword; The Mammal Research Institute; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Map of the subregion; The cetacean environment off southern Africa Isabelle Ansorge and Johann Lutjeharms; The South African species gate William Perrin; A classification of living cetacea; Keys to the whales, dolphins and porpoise of the region; Anatomy of cetacean skulls; Species accounts; BALAENIDAE: Southern right whale, Eubalaena australis; NEOBALAENIDAE: Pygmy right whale, Caperea marginata; BALAENOPTERIDAE: Humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae; Antarctic minke whale, Balaenoptera bonaerensis; Dwarf minke whale, B. acutorostrata subsp.; Bryde's whale, B. brydei; Sei whale, B. borealis; Fin whale, B. physalus; Blue whale, B. musculus; PHYSETERIDAE: Sperm whale, Physeter macrocephalus; KOGIIDAE: Pygmy sperm whale, Kogia breviceps; Dwarf sperm whale, K. sima; ZIPHIIDAE: Cuvier's beaked whale, Ziphius cavirostris; Arnoux's beaked whale, Berardius arnuxii; Shepherd's beaked whale, Tasmacetus shepherdi; Longman's beaked whale, Indopacetus pacificus; Southern bottlenose whale, Hyperoodon planifrons; Hector's beaked whale, Mesoplodon hectori; True's beaked whale, M. mirus; Gervais' beaked whale, M. europaeus; Gray's beaked whale, M. grayi; Andrews' beaked whale, M. bowdoini; Layard's beaked whale, M. layardii; Blainville's beaked whale, M. densirostris; Ginkgo-toothed beaked whale, M. ginkgodens; DELPHINIDAE: Heaviside's dolphin, Cephalorhynchus heavisidii; Commerson's dolphin, C. commersonii; Rough-toothed dolphin, Steno bredanensis; Atlantic humpback dolphin, Sousa teuszi; Indian humpback dolphin, S. chinensis; Common bottlenose dolphin, Tursiops truncates; Indian Ocean bottlenose dolphin, T. aduncus; Pantropical spotted dolphin, Stenella attenuate; Atlantic spotted dolphin, S. frontalis; Spinner dolphin, S. longirostris; Clymene dolphin, S. clymene; Striped dolphin, S. coeruleoalba; Short-beaked common dolphin, Delphinus delphis; Long-beaked common dolphin, D. capensis; Fraser's dolphin, Lagenodelphis hosei; Dusky dolphin, Lagenorhynchus obscurus; Hourglass dolphin, L. cruciger; Southern right whale dolphin, Lissodelphis peronii; Risso's dolphin, Grampus griseus; Melon-headed whale, Peponocephala electra; Pygmy killer whale, Feresa attenuate; False killer whale, Pseudorca crassidens; Killer whale, Orcinus orca; Long-finned pilot whale, Globicephala melas; Short-finned pilot whale, G. macrorhynchus; PHOCOENIDAE: Spectacled porpoise, Phocoena dioptrica; Bibliography; Glossary; Photographic acknowledgements; Index; List of subscribers.