Mesoplodon, Gervais, 1850

Jo, Yeong-Seok, Baccus, John T. & Koprowski, John L., 2018, Mammals of Korea: a review of their taxonomy, distribution and conservation status, Zootaxa 4522 (1), pp. 1-216 : 132-133

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4522.1.1

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:C24EFA8A-A5A0-4B06-A0A9-632F542B9529

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4571392

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03A0BE3B-6489-FF3B-FF4F-F8F5FA5A578D

treatment provided by

Plazi

scientific name

Mesoplodon
status

 

Key to species of Genus Mesoplodon View in CoL View at ENA in Korea

1 White pattern present on throat................................................................. M. stejnegeri View in CoL

- White pattern absent on throat........................................................................... 2

2 Forehead flattened; male tusk very large; lower jaw massive with strongly arched contour................. M. densirostris View in CoL

- Long forehead with small rounded melon; male has small flattened tusks that barely protrude from gum line of the middle of lower jaw (female tusk absence); jawline strongly arched........................................... M. ginkgodens View in CoL

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Cetacea

Family

Hyperoodontidae

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