Mammals of the Soviet Union
Volume II, Part 3: Pinnipeds and Toothed Whales
V.G. Heptner et al. (eds.) : Curator, Zoological Museum, Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia
ISBN 978-1-886106-67-3; 1996; 1025 Pages; US $ 252.00      Buy Now

The book is divided in two parts: Part I deals with the Order of Pinnepeds (Pinnipedia), and Part II the Order of Whales (Cetacea). For each species detailed information on diagnosis, description, taxonomy, geographic distribution, geographic variation, biology and economic importance is given. The book is richly illustrated with figures and contains some colour plates, and have an exhaustive list of literature cited.