Ziphius cavirostris G. Cuvier 1823

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 : 743

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scientific name	Ziphius cavirostris G. Cuvier 1823
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Ziphius cavirostris G. Cuvier 1823 , Rech. Oss. Foss., Nouv. ed., Vol. 5, 1: 350.

Type Locality: France, "dans le département des Bouches-du-Rhône, entre de Fos et l'embouchure du Galégeon" (= between Fos and the mouth of the Galégeon River).

Vernacular Names: Cuvier's Beaked Whale.

Synonyms: Ziphius australis (Burmeister 1865) ; Ziphius capensis (Gray 1865) ; Ziphius chathamensis (Hector 1873) ; Ziphius indicus Van Beneden 1863 .

Distribution: Worldwide: cold-temperate to tropical waters.

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

Discussion: Reviewed by Heyning (1989 b).