MARINE MAMMAL BOOKS AVAILABLE ¡VIVAVaquita! is a non-profit organization dedicated to working to help save the vaquita from extinction. The most recent surveys indicate that while the global population of the vaquita is close to extinction, there is still hope for its recovery. Visit our website at www.vivavaquita.org and join us for International Save the Vaquita Day (on 10 October 2026 at vaquita.day) for more details. ¡VIVAVaquita! has dozens of marine mammal books, reprints, monographs, and journals that are available for a donation to the organization. Below is a sample of some of the more popular items we have (suggested donation in US$), but there are many others as well. All funds raised are actively used for research and conservation work on the vaquita (Phocoena sinus), the world’s most endangered marine mammal species. To request books or see a full list of books, please contact Tom Jefferson at [email protected]. Dizon, A. E., Chivers, A. E., & Perrin, W. F. (Eds.). (1997). Molecular Genetics of Marine Mammals (Vol. Special Publication No. 3): Society for Marine Mammalogy. (NEW). $4Estes, J. A., DeMaster, D. P., Doak, D. F., Williams, T. M., & Brownell Jr., R. L. (Eds.). (2006). Whales, Whaling, and Ocean Ecosystems. University of California Press. $25FAO. (1978). Mammals in the seas: Volume I. Report of the FAO Advisory Committee on Marine Resurces Research (Vol. Vol. 1, No. 5). $12FAO. (1979). Mammals in the seas: Volume II. Pinniped species summaries and report on sirenians (Vol. Vol. II, No. 5). $12FAO. (1981). Mammals in the seas: Volume III. General papers and large cetaceans (Vol. Vol. III, No. 5). $12FAO. (1982). Mammals in the seas: Volume IV. Small cetaceans, seals, sirenians and otters (Vol. Vol. IV, No. 5). $12Gaskin, D. E. (1972). Whales, Dolphins, and Seals, With Special Reference to the New Zealand Region. Heineman Educational Books. $8Graells, M. P. (1889). Las ballenas en las costas oceanicas de Espana. Memorias De La Real Academia De Ciencias Exactas, Fisicas Y Naturales De Madrid, 8(3), 1-115, +119pls. $10Gunther, E. R. (1949). The habits of fin whales. Discovery Reports, 25, 113-142. $5Hamilton, J. E. (1939). The leopard seal Hydrurga leptonyx (de Blainville). Discovery Reports, 18, 239-264. $5Harrison, R. J., Matthews, L. H., & Roberts, J. M. (1952). Reproduction in some Pinnipedia. Transactions of the Zoological Society of London, 27, 437-540. $8Harrison, R. J. (Ed.). (1972). Functional Anatomy of Marine Mammals, Volume 1. Academic Press. $11Harrison, R. J. (Ed.). (1974). Functional Anatomy of Marine Mammals, Volume 2. Academic Press. $11Harrison, R. J. (Ed.). (1977). Functional Anatomy of Marine Mammals, Volume 3. Academic Press. $11Herman, L. H. (Ed.). (1980). Cetacean Behavior: Mechanisms and Functions. Wiley-Interscience. $17Henning, R. A., Lotken, M., Olds, B., & Morgan, L. (1978). Alaska whales and whaling (Alaska Geographic Vol. 5(40). $7Jefferson, T. (2000). Hong Kong's Dolphins: The Story of Our Indo-Pacific Hump-backed Dolphins: Ocean Park Conservation Foundation. $4. (NEW).Jefferson, T. A., & Smith, B. D. (Eds.). (2002). Facultative Freshwater Cetaceans of Asia: Their Ecology and Conservation (Vol. Supplement 10). $4 (NEW).Jefferson, T. A. (2021). Nomenclature of the dolphins, porpoises, and small whales: A review and guide to the early taxonomic literature. NOAA Professional Paper NMFS, 21, 107 pp. $3 (NEW).Jefferson, T. A., Mead, J. G., & Kinze, C. C. (2023). Nomenclature of the larger toothed whales (Odontocetes): A historical review. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 655, 78 pp. $3 (NEW).Jefferson, T. A. (ed.) (2024). Ridgway and Harrison’s Handbook of Marine Mammals, Vol. 1: Coastal Dolphins and Porpoises. Academic Press. 649 pp. $85. (NEW).Jefferson, T. A. (ed.) (2025). Ridgway and Harrison’s Handbook of Marine Mammals, Vol. 2: Oceanic Dolphins: Academic Press. 715 pp. $85. (NEW).Jefferson, T. A. (ed.) (2026). Ridgway and Harrison’s Handbook of Marine Mammals, Vol. 3: River Dolphins and Larger Toothed Whales: Academic Press. 572 pp. $75. (NEW).Jefferson, T. A. (ed.) (Forthcoming). Ridgway and Harrison’s Handbook of Marine Mammals, Vol. 4: Baleen Whales: Academic Press. 500+ pp. $75. (NEW).Jones, M. L., Swartz, S. L., & Leatherwood, S. (Eds.). (1984). The Gray Whale Eschrichtius robustus. Academic Press. $25Kellogg, R. (1968). Fossil marine mammals from the Miocene Calvert Formation of Maryland and Virginia, Volume 3. Bulletin of the United States National Museum, 247, 103-197. $10Kirkevold, B. C., & Lockard, J. S. (Eds.). (1986). Behavioral Biology of Killer Whales. Alan R. Liss. $18Leatherwood, S., Reeves, R. R., Perrin, W. F., & Evans, W. E. (1982). Whales, dolphins, and porpoises of the eastern North Pacific and adjacent Arctic waters: A guide to their identification. NOAA Technical Report NMFS Circular, 444, 245 pp. $10Leatherwood, S., & Reeves, R. R. (1983). The Sierra Club Handbook of Whales and Dolphins. San Francisco: Sierra Club Books. $9 (NEW).Mann, J. (2017). Deep Thinkers: Inside the Minds of Whales, Dolphins, and Porpoises. University of Chicago Press. $10Matthews, L. H. (1975). The Whale: Crescent Books. $9Mitchell, E. D. (1975). Porpoise, dolphin and small whale fisheries of the world. IUCN Monograph, 3, 129 pp. $4.Mitchell, E. (ed). 1975. Review of biology and fisheries for smaller cetaceans. Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada 32(7): 879-1242. Special issue of journal on dolphins, porpoises, and small whales. $5.Norris, K. S. (Ed.). (1966). Whales, Dolphins, and Porpoises. University of California Press. (1st Ed.). $35Payne, R. (Ed.). (1983). Communication and Behavior of Whales. (AAAS Vol. 76). Westview Press, Inc. $21Pryor, K., & Norris, K. S. (Eds.). (1991). Dolphin Societies: Discoveries and Puzzles. University of California Press. $16Rice, D. W. (1998). Marine mammals of the world: systematics and distribution. Society for Marine Mammalogy Special Publication, 4, 231 pp. $4 (NEW).Ridgway, S. H. (Ed.) (1972). Mammals of the Sea: Biology and Medicine: Charles C. Thomas. $85Ridgway, S. H., & Harrison, R. J. (Eds.). (1981). Handbook of Marine Mammals, Vol. 1: The Walrus, Sea Lions, Fur Seals, and Sea Otter. Academic Press. $16Ridgway, S. H., & Harrison, R. J. (Eds.). (1981). Handbook of Marine Mammals, Vol. 2: Seals. Academic Press. $18Ridgway, S. H., & Harrison, R. (Eds.). (1985). Handbook of Marine Mammals, Vol. 3: The Sirenians and Baleen Whales. Academic Press Inc. $28Schevill, W. E. (Ed.) (1974). The Whale Problem: A Status Report. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press. $9Scientific Reports of the Whales Research Institute. Most issues available (please designate issues desired). $6/issueSEMARNAT. (2018). Vaquita Marina: Simbolo de Conservacion. Government of Mexico, Book to commemorate the vaquita conservation effort of 2017. $12True, F. W. (1983 (1904)). Whalebone Whales of the Western North Atlantic Compared with Those Occurring in European Waters with Some Observations on the Species of the North Pacific (facsimile edition). Smithsonian Institution Press. (facsimile edition). $24.Winn, H. E., & Olla, B. L. (Eds.). (1979). Behavior of Marine Animals, Volume 3: Cetaceans (Vol. Volume 3: Cetaceans). Plenum Press. $24Würsig, B., T. A. Jefferson and D. J. Schmidly. (2000). The Marine Mammals of the Gulf of Mexico. Texas A&M University Press. (NEW). $5 (NEW).
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