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Re: pilot whales, gender names, elephants & trees...
>Short finned pilot whale was recently changed from Globicephala
>meleana to
> Globicephala melas at all relevant?
Ah. . . . I may be able to shed some light on this as I am an old
whalewatcher. The genus name; Globicephala means Round = Globe . . . Head =
cephala thus Round headed, short finned pilot whale, a pretty good
description.
Don't know about the gender aspect