Primer recull anual (1973) de la Comissió de Cetologia de la Institució Catalana d'Història Nataural

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This is the first annual rapport of the Comissio de Cetologia of the Instituci6 Catalana d'Historia Natural. This group was founded at the begining of 1973 in order to encourage the study of cetaceans. First of all, the purpose was to record the cetaceans stranded or caught in the area where members are able to work. Because of the center of the group is Barcelona, the geographical limits were the French border in the North and València in the South. Afterwards, it has been possible to extend this area because of the collaboration of some local groups, like these from Alacant (Alicant), Mallorca (Majorca) and Menorca (Minorca).
Altogether, 14 specimens have been collected and the most important novelties are the confirmation of the presence of Grampus griseus in the Spanish mediterranean coast and the first record of Balaenoptera borealis in the Western Mediterranean. The number of measurements are not very big because the biometrical work of NORRIS was just known when the activities of the group were in course for half a year.
From almost all the specimens anatomical samples and osteological material were collected. All of them are in the Museum of Zoology of Barcelona (Collection of the Comissió de Cetologia of the Institució Catalana d'Història Natural).