Figure 88.-A smaU herd of kiUer whale« off southern California (top) and details of an adult male from that '>"f '™^f ' ""l^V^t Je tTe f^ns of 

 maTes off Islas San Benito. Baja CalUornia (bottom). Adult males have a taU erect dorsal fin, which may be '-''''■ ''^•'"^'^.^'^If^'^J'^^^^^^ 

 females and immature males are less than 3 feet (0.9 m) tall, distinctly falcate, and pointed on the t.p. Both sexes frequently have a graysh white region, 

 called a "saddle," behind the dorsal fin. [Photos by T. Dohl [top and middU] and S. Leatherwood [bottom].) 



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