Indopacetus pacificus (Longman, 1926)

James G. Mead & Robert L. Brownell, Jr., 1993, Order Cetacea, Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London: Smithsonian Institution Press, pp. 349-364 : 362

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scientific name	Indopacetus pacificus (Longman, 1926)
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Treatment

Indopacetus pacificus (Longman, 1926) . Mem. Queensl. Mus., 8(3):269, pl. 43.

TYPE LOCALITY: Australia, Queensland, "found at Mackay" .

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

STATUS: CITES - Appendix II.

COMMENTS: Reviewed by J. G. Mead (1989c); known only from two skulls, the second from Somalia. Commonly included in Mesoplodon (Heyning, 1989a; J. G. Mead, 1989c).

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Class	Mammalia
Order	Cetacea
Family	Ziphiidae
Genus	Indopacetus

Specimens

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