KEY ON DOLPHINS AND WHALES
Characters: 23 in data, 16 included, 1 in key.
Items: 11 in data, 11 included, 11 in key.
Parameters: Rbase = 1.40 Abase = 2.00 Reuse = 1.01 Varywt = .80
Characters included: 1–2 6–16 18 22–23
Character reliabilities: 1–23,5.0
1(0).
* Distinctive characteristic criss-cross figure-of-eight pattern on the sides ... Delphinus delphis
* Distinctive characteristic darker grey "cape" on the back... Tursiops truncatus
* Distinctive characteristic white lobe pointing obliquely backwards towards the tail... Cephalorhynchus heavisidii
* Distinctive characteristic 3 grey lines running backwards from the eye... Stenella coeruleoalba
* Distinctive characteristic mid dorsal elongate ridge on back... Sousa plumbea
* Distinctive characteristic long, narrow flippers... Megaptera novaeangliae
* Distinctive characteristic enormous, blunt head... Physeter macrocephalus
* Distinctive characteristic gey saddle behind dorsal fin... Orcinus orca
* Distinctive characteristic two-tone dorsal fin... Lagenorhynchus obscurus
* Distinctive characteristic dorsal fin absent... Lissodelphis peronii
* Distinctive characteristic none... Balaena glacialis
Items: 11 in data, 11 included, 11 in key.
Parameters: Rbase = 1.40 Abase = 2.00 Reuse = 1.01 Varywt = .80
Characters included: 1–2 6–16 18 22–23
Character reliabilities: 1–23,5.0
1(0).
* Distinctive characteristic criss-cross figure-of-eight pattern on the sides ... Delphinus delphis
* Distinctive characteristic darker grey "cape" on the back... Tursiops truncatus
* Distinctive characteristic white lobe pointing obliquely backwards towards the tail... Cephalorhynchus heavisidii
* Distinctive characteristic 3 grey lines running backwards from the eye... Stenella coeruleoalba
* Distinctive characteristic mid dorsal elongate ridge on back... Sousa plumbea
* Distinctive characteristic long, narrow flippers... Megaptera novaeangliae
* Distinctive characteristic enormous, blunt head... Physeter macrocephalus
* Distinctive characteristic gey saddle behind dorsal fin... Orcinus orca
* Distinctive characteristic two-tone dorsal fin... Lagenorhynchus obscurus
* Distinctive characteristic dorsal fin absent... Lissodelphis peronii
* Distinctive characteristic none... Balaena glacialis
posted by Eager at
Sunday, April 01, 2007
1 Comments:
The species that I chose, all had a distinctive characteristic. To indicate how my key plaed out, I went back and deleted two characters namely, distinctive characteristic and head as the latter was also very distinctive.
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Eager, at April 01, 2007 10:53 AM
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