2005
A case of symmetrical conjoined twins in a bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus (Mammalia, Cetacea)
Publication
Publication
Deinsea , Volume 11 - Issue 1 p. 147- 150
Case reports of conjoined twins (‘Siamese twins’) in wild mammals are very scarce. Most published reports of conjoined twinning concern cases in man or in domestic mammals. In this article a case of conjoined twinning in a wild mammal is described: a parapagus dicephalus with unilateral schistoprosopus in a bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus stranded on the coast of the Netherlands in 1917. This case concerns the oldest known case of a symmetrical conjoined twin in a cetacean species.
Additional Metadata | |
---|---|
, , , | |
Deinsea | |
CC BY 3.0 NL ("Naamsvermelding") | |
Organisation | Natuurhistorisch Museum Rotterdam |
Erwin J.O. Kompanje. (2005). A case of symmetrical conjoined twins in a bottlenose dolphin Tursiops truncatus (Mammalia, Cetacea). Deinsea, 11(1), 147–150. |