Literature

• Anderson, C.L., Tassell, J.L. van, Brown, B., Robertson, D.R., Piontek, S., Hoetjes, P.C., Sparks, J.S., Kramer, A. & Buurt, G. van 2006. Preliminary list of fishes from the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute expedition to Curaçao with comparison to previously formulated lists. [link]
• Bree, P.J.H. van 1975. Preliminary list of the cetaceans of the southern Caribbean. Studies on the fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands 48: 79-87.
• Buurt, G. van 2014. Caquetío Indians on Curaçao during colonial times and Caquetío words in the Papiamentu language. Some names of Animals and Plants in Papiamentu. 93pp. Fundashon pa Planifikashon di Idioma & University of Curaçao.
• CITES 2015. Checklist of CITES Species. UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre. [link]
• Debrot, A.O., Esteban, N., Bervoets, T., Hoetjes, P.C., Scheidat, M. 2013. Marine mammals of the northeastern Caribbean Windward Dutch Islands: Saba, St. Eustatius, St. Maarten, and the Saba Bank. Caribbean Journal of Science 47: 159-172.
• Debrot, A.O., Meyer, J.A. de, Dezentje, P.J.E. 1998. Additional records and a review of the Cetacean fauna of the Leeward Dutch Antilles. Caribbean Journal of Science 34: 204-210.
• Debrot, A.O., Witte, R.H. & Scheidat, M. 2011. The marine mammals of the Dutch Caribbean: a comparison between EEZ sectors, contrasts and concerns. 8pp. IMARES, Den Helder.
• Luksenburg, J.A. 2013. The Cetaceans of Aruba, southern Caribbean. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 94: 1161-1174.
• MacRae, D.M. & De Meyer, K. 2020. Dutch Caribbean conservation species list. Using management effectiveness to strengthen species conservation in the Caribbean.
• SPAW Protocol 1990. Protocol concerning specially protected areas and wildlife to the convention for the protection and development of the marine environment of the wider Caribbean region. The Caribbean Environment Programme. [link]
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• Wilson, D.E., Reeder, D.M. 2005. Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed). 2142 pp.. Johns Hopkins University Press. [link]

Literature references linked to higher taxa

• WoRMS. WoRMS, World Register of Marine Species. www.marinespecies.org. [link] (Mammalia)