New Scientific Review on Toothed Whales Now Online

4 February 2010 - Co-sponsored by CMS, ASCOBANS, WWF and the Loro Parque Foundation, an update and expansion of the "Review of Small Cetaceans" has been launched online today on the website of the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (UNEP/CMS). This encyclopaedia on all 72 species of toothed whales includes the most recent scientific findings on the distribution, migration, behaviour and threats to this group of whales. Maps showing the currently known distribution of each species were provided by IUCN and the Global Mammal Assessment.
A corresponding poster available online shows for the first time all toothed whale species sorted according to their conservation status as defined by the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species ™.
Press release -English- -German-
See the Encyclopaedia and the Poster. The poster can be ordered from the Secretariat.

Last updated on 25 March 2014