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• Lesage, Veronique, Jean-Francois Gosselin, Mike Hammill, Michael C.S. Kingsley, Jack Lawson (2007). Ecologically and Biologically Significant Areas (EBSAs) in the Estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence - A marine mammal perspective. DFO Can. Sci. Advis. Sec. Res. Doc. 2007/046: 1-96.
• Mead, James G., and Robert L. Brownell, Jr. / Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds. 2005. Order Cetacea. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vol. 1. 723-743
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• Richard Weigl (2005) Longevity of Mammals in Captivity; from the Living Collections of the World. Kleine Senckenberg-Reihe 48: Stuttgart.
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