Mesoplodon europaeus Gervais 1855
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Mesoplodon europaeus Gervais 1855
Mesoplodon europaeus Gervais 1855 , Hist. Nat. Mammiferes, Vol. 2: 320.
Type Locality: English Channel, "qui provient d'un individu harponné dans la Manche." .
Vernacular Names: Gervais' Beaked Whale.
Synonyms: Mesoplodon gervaisi ( Deslongchamps 1866) .
Distribution: Aside from the type, one specimen from Ireland, one specimen from Guinea-Bissau, and three records from Ascension Isl, it is only known from the Western North Atlantic: temperate to tropical waters.
Conservation: CITES – Appendix II; IUCN – Data Deficient.
Discussion: Reviewed by J. G. Mead (1989 c) and Norman and Mead (2002, Mammalian Species, 688). The type was not harpooned, as stated by Gervais, but was found as a "cadavre" (Deslongschamps, 1866:177).
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