Abstract
The humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) is distributed among most oceans and seas of the globe (except Mediterranean Sea). These whales migrate from feeding regions in the Antarctic waters to breeding areas in tropical and subtropical seas. Here we report the stranding of a female young humpback whale, which was founded dead in the vicinity of the Talavera Island, in the Paraná River Delta, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. From the analysis of mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit I gene sequences, two novel haplotypes were found, totalizing four haplotypes described for the species. In the La Plata River Basin this species was found only twice at the end of the XIX century. Thus, the new finding constitutes an important addition to the list of cetaceans that occurs in Uruguay, Paraná and La Plata Rivers.
Highlights
The humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) is a misticete cetacean that is distributed among most oceans and seas of the globe, with the exception of the Mediterranean Sea (Clapham & Mead, 1999; Clapham, 2002)
The aim of the present paper is to report the stranding of a female young humpback whale, which was found dead in vicinity of the Talavera Island, in the Paraná River Delta, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina
Its body surface was in a good state of preservation, the inner organs and its musculature were badly decomposed and its thumb was inflated by organic gas
Summary
The humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) is a misticete cetacean that is distributed among most oceans and seas of the globe, with the exception of the Mediterranean Sea (Clapham & Mead, 1999; Clapham, 2002) These whales migrate from the feeding regions in the Antarctic Waters to breeding areas in tropical and subtropical seas (e.g., Mackintosh, 1942; Dawbin, 1966; Clapham & Mead, 1999; Clapham, 2002). In spite to that, detailed genetic studies of Humpback whales in the Southwestern
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