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Zoology in the Middle East Volume 65, 2019 - Issue 3
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Short Communication

Confirmed sightings of the Killer Whale, Orcinus orca, in Iranian waters (Mammalia: Cetacea)

Nazanin MohsenianPlan For the Land Society, Kish, IranCorrespondence[email protected]
,
Hamed MoshiriPlan For the Land Society, Kish, Iran
,
Amin TollabDevelopment of Environment of Bushehr Province, Marine Part, Iran
,
Hamid Reza BargahiIran Fishery Organization, Tehran, Iran
,
Gill T. BraulikSea Mammal Research Unit, Scottish Oceans Institute, University of St Andrews, Fife, United Kingdom
,
Georgina L GemmellThe Northern Indian Ocean Killer Whale Alliance, Farnborough, Hampshire, United Kingdom
&
Tim CollinsOcean Giants Program, Wildlife Conservation Society, Bronx, New York, USA
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Pages 280-282 | Received 18 Feb 2019, Accepted 13 Mar 2019, Published online: 25 Mar 2019
 
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Acknowledgements

The Department of Environment of Iran is thanked for collaborating with Plan for the Land to establish Iran's national strandings network. Yusef Godarzi, Yaser and Mohammad Mozafarzadeh (Chiriuyeh Village), Yaser Ahmadi (Bushehr City) and Bahman Moghtader and Ali Azizi (Kish island) shared their sightings and allowed us to publish their accounts and photos. Robert Pitman examined photographs and video and provided independent verification of the ID match.

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No potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.

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