MARINE MAMMAL BOOKS AVAILABLE ¡VIVAVaquita! is a non-profit organization dedicated to working to help save the vaquita from extinction. All funds raised are actively used for research and conservation work on the vaquita (Phocoena sinus), the world’s most endangered marine mammal species, and other endangered cetaceans. The most recent survey indicates the global population of the vaquita may now number less than 10 individuals and is nearing extinction. Visit our website at www.vivavaquita.org and watch a recording of International Save the Vaquita Day at vaquita.day for more details. International Save the Vaquita Day 2025 is on 25 October. ¡VIVAVaquita! has hundreds 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 (price listed is suggested donation), but there are many more and suggested donation amounts range from US$3-100. Please note that a minimum total is required for shipping overseas from the US. To request books, please contact Tom Jefferson at [email protected].
Allen, G. M. (1942). Extinct and Vanishing Mammals of the Western Hemisphere With the Marine Species of All the Oceans: American Committee for International Wildlife Protection. $12. Brower, K., & Curtsinger, W. R. (1979). Wake of the Whale: Friends of the Earth. $6. Busch, B. C. (1985). The War Against the Seals: A History of the North American Seal Fishery: McGill-Queen's University Press. $7. Church, A. C. (1938). Whale Ships and Whaling: W. W. Norton and Co. $25. Darling, J. D., Nicklin, C. F., Norris, K. S., Whitehead, H., & Wursig, B. (1995). Whales, Dolphins and Porpoises: National Geographic Society. $9. Dizon, A. E., A. E. Chivers and W. F. Perrin. (1997). Molecular Genetics of Marine Mammals. Pages 388 pp. Society for Marine Mammalogy. $4. (NEW). Eisenberg, J. F., & Kleiman, D. G. (Eds.). (1983). Advances in the Study of Mammalian Behavior: American Society of Mammalogists. $4. Ellis, R. (1990). The Book of Whales: Alfred A. Knopf. $5. Evans, P. G. H. (1987). The Natural History of Whales and Dolphins: Facts on File. $4. Fay, R. R., & Popper, A. N. (Eds.). (1994). Comparative Hearing: Mammals: Springer-Verlag. $12. Ford, J. K. B. (2014). Marine mammals of British Columbia. Royal British Columbia Museum, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. 460pp. $18. (NEW) Haley, D. (1986). Marine Mammals of the Eastern North Pacific and Arctic Waters. Pacific Search Press. Hardcover, 2nd ed. $14. Harrison, R., & Bryden, M. M. e. (1988). Whales, Dolphins and Porpoises: Facts on File. $10. Jefferson, T. (2000). Hong Kong's Dolphins: The Story of Our Indo-Pacific Hump-backed Dolphins: Ocean Park Conservation Foundation. $3. Jefferson, T. A. (ed.) (2024). Ridgway and Harrison’s Handbook of Marine Mammals, Vol. 1: Coastal Dolphins and Porpoises. 649 pp. Academic Press. $$80. (NEW). Jefferson, T. A., S. Leatherwood and M. A. Webber. (1993). Marine Mammals of the World: FAO Species Identification Guide. United Nation Environment Programme and Food and Agricultural Organization of the UN. $23. Leatherwood, S., R. R. Reeves, W. F. Perrin and W. E. Evans. (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. $7. Leatherwood, S., R. R. Reeves, W. F. Perrin and W. E. Evans. (1988). Whales, Dolphins, and Porpoises of the Eastern North Pacific and Adjacent Arctic Waters: A Guide to Their Identification. Dover Publications. $8. Lekagul, B., & McNeely, J. A. (1988). Mammals of Thailand: Darnsutha Press (Second Edition). $16. Lowery, G. H. (1974). The Mammals of Louisiana and its Adjacent Waters: Kingsport Press. $15. McIntyre, J. (Ed.) (1974). Mind in the Waters: Charles Scribner's Sons. $8. McNally, R. (1981). So Remorseless a Havoc: Of Dolphins, Whales and Men: Little, Brown and Co. $6. Mitchell, E. D. (1975). Porpoise, dolphin and small whale fisheries of the world. IUCN Monograph, 3, 129 pp. $5. 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. $8. Miyashita, T., Kato, H., & Kasuya, T. (1995 (1996)). Worldwide Map of Cetacean Distribution Based on Japanese Sighting Data: National Research Institute of Far Seas Fisheries. $13. Nayman, J. (1973). Whales, Dolphins and Man: Hamlyn. $3. Perrin, W. F. (1975). Variation of spotted and spinner porpoise (genus Stenella) in the eastern tropical Pacific and Hawaii. Bulletin of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, 21, 206 pp. $11. Rice, D. W. (1998). Marine mammals of the world: systematics and distribution. Society for Marine Mammalogy Special Publication, 4, 231 pp. $5. (NEW). Scammon, C. M. (1968 (1874)). The Marine Mammals of the Northwestern Coast of North America Together with an Account of the American Whale-Fishery (facsimile edition): Dover Publications, Inc. $4. Scheffer, V. B. (1969). The Year of the Whale: Charles Scribner's Sons. $4. Scheffer, V. B. (1970). The Year of the Seal: Scribner. $4. Scheffer, V. B. and J. W. Slipp. (1948). The whales and dolphins of Washington State, with a key to the cetaceans of the west coast of North America. American Midland Naturalist, 39, 257-337. $6. Scientific Reports of the Whales Research Institute. Most issues available (please designate issues desired). $6/issue. Schevill, W. E. (Ed.) (1974). The Whale Problem: A Status Report. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press. $11. Slijper, E. J. (1976). Whales and Dolphins: University of Michigan Press. $3. Tanabe, S., & Subramanian, A. (2006). Bioindicators of POPs: Monitoring in Developing Countries: Kyoto University Press. $12. Wilson, D. E., & Ruff, S. (Eds.). (1999). The Smithsonian Book of North American Mammals: Smithsonian Institution Press. $9. Winn, L. K., & Winn, H. E. (1985). Wings in the Sea: the Humpback Whale: University Press of New England. $7. Würsig, B., T. A. Jefferson and D. J. Schmidly. (2000). The Marine Mammals of the Gulf of Mexico. Texas A&M University Press. $5. (NEW). Yablokov, A. V. (1975). Variability of Mammals: Smithsonian Institution, Amerind Publishing Co., New Delhi. $8.
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