Indopacetus pacificus (Longman 1926)

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Cetacea, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 723-743 : 740

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scientific name	Indopacetus pacificus (Longman 1926)
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Treatment

[Mesoplodon] pacificus Longman 1926 , Mem. Queensl. Mus., 8 (3): 269.

Type Locality: Australia, Queensland, "found at Mackay".

Vernacular Names: Tropical Bottlenose Whale.

Distribution: Indian Ocean and W South Pacific: tropical waters.

Conservation: CITES – Appendix II; IUCN – Data Deficient.

Discussion: Reviewed by J. G. Mead (1989 c). Commonly included in Mesoplodon ( Heyning, 1989 a; J. G. Mead, 1989 c). We prefer ‘tropical bottlenose whale’, as used by Pitman et al. (1999), to the older name ‘Longman’s beaked whale’.