Practical and portable, this is the ultimate field guide to the world's cetaceans.

This outstanding new field guide to whales, dolphins and porpoises is the most comprehensive, authoritative and up-to-date guide to these popular mammals. With more than 500 accurate and detailed illustrations – complete with detailed annotations pointing out the most significant field marks – this new field guide covers all 93 species and every subspecies in the world.

Many of the world's most respected whale biologists have collaborated on the concise text, which is packed with helpful identification tips from cetacean expert, Mark Carwardine. Mark's informative text is accompanied by up-to-date distribution maps for each species. Beautifully designed, to ensure critical information is quickly accessible, this is an indispensable resource that every whale-watcher will want to carry out to sea..

Cetacean topography
Quick ID guides
Bow-riding dolphins and porpoises
Identifying whales by their flukes
Identifying whales by their blows
Identifying male beaked whales by their lower jaws
Cetaceans of the North Atlantic Ocean
Cetaceans of the South Atlantic Ocean
Cetaceans of the North Pacific Ocean
Cetaceans of the South Pacific Ocean
Cetaceans of the Indian Ocean
Cetaceans of the Arctic Ocean
Cetaceans of the Southern Ocean
Right and bowhead whales (family Balaenidae)
Pygmy right whale (family Neobalaenidae)
Grey whale (family Eschrichtiidae)
Rorquals (family Balaenopteridae)
Sperm whales (families Physeteridae, Kogiidae)
Narwhal and beluga (family Monodontidae)
Beaked whales (family Ziphiidae)
Blackfish (family Delphinidae)
Shorter-beaked oceanic dolphins (family Delphinidae)
Longer-beaked oceanic dolphins (family Delphinidae)
River dolphins (families Platanistidae, Iniidae, Pontoporiidae, Lipotidae)
Porpoises (family Phocoenidae)
Caring for whales, dolphins and porpoises
Glossary
Species checklist
Sources and resources
Artists’ biographies