Skupina mořských savců z řádu Cetacea (kytovci). V minulosti byly velryby loveny pro tuk, maso a kostice. V současné době platí moratorium na komerční lov, protože všechny druhy velryb jsou vedené jako ohrožené nebo téměř ohrožené.

Large marine mammals of the order CETACEA. In the past, they were commercially valued for whale oil, for their flesh as human food and in ANIMAL FEED and FERTILIZERS, and for baleen. Today, there is a moratorium on most commercial whaling, as all species are either listed as endangered or threatened.

Anotace

some dolphins are misnamed "whales": note FALSE KILLER WHALE; PYGMY KILLER WHALE; and MELON-HEADED WHALE; are entry terms to DOLPHINS; PILOT WHALES; and KILLER WHALE; both types of dolphin, are also available

DUI

D014907 MeSH Prohlížeč

CUI

M0022934

Historická pozn.

91(75); was see under CETACEA 1975-90

Online pozn.

search CETACEA 1966-74

Veřejná pozn.

91; was see under CETACEA 1975-90