Catalogue of marine mammals of the Mammalogical Collection of the Museo de La Plata, Argentina

OLIVARES, A.I.; BASTIDA, R; LOZA, M.C.; RODRIGUEZ, D.; J.B. DESOJO; SOIBELZON,L.H. ; LOPEZ,H.

Revista del Museo de La Plata

FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS NATURALES Y MUSEO, UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PLATA

Lugar: La Plata; Año: 2016 vol. 1 p. 57 - 82

0372-4565

This catalogue lists the materials of marine mammals housed in the Mammalogicalcollection of Museo de La Plata. This contribution is an update of the unpublished catalogue made byR. Bastida, J.B. Desojo, and L.H. Soibelzon in 1997. It includes all the specimens deposited in thiscollection, belonging to the Superorder Cetartilodactyla, order Cetacea, suborders Mysticeti andOdontoceti, the order Carnivora, suborder Caniformia, and the order Sirenia. The Mammalogicalcollection of the División Zoología Vertebrados of Museo de la Plata holds 185 specimens of 37species of marine mammals.