Dear marmammers, I am looking for a photograh showing the distinctive pattern of tooth wear found in Stejneger's beaked whale (Mesoplodon stejnegeri). I remember seeing a picture in a Japanese paper from the 1960s that showed this species has a very distinctive wear pattern with an almost semi-circular notch at the anterior base of the erupted tooth, but I cannot remember the reference for this. I am interested in seeing an example of this to confirm that my memory is not playing tricks on me and also to compare to the pattern of wear found in other beaked whale species, particularly Sowerby's and Cuvier's beaked whale and the strap-toothed whale. The aim of this it to try and work out why beaked whale tusks often show unusual patterns of tooth wear and how it may be caused.
Thanks for any help you can provide with this. All the best, Colin _______________________________________________ MARMAM mailing list [email protected] http://lists.uvic.ca/mailman/listinfo/marmam
