Mesoplodon carlhubbsi Moore 1963

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 : 741

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scientific name	Mesoplodon carlhubbsi Moore 1963
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Mesoplodon carlhubbsi Moore 1963 , Am. Midl. Nat., 70: 396.

Type Locality: "La Jolla, California, 32° 51' 41" N. Lat., 117° 15' 19" W. Long." GoogleMaps .

Vernacular Names: Hubbs' Beaked Whale.

Distribution: North Pacific: temperate waters.

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

Discussion: Reviewed by J. G. Mead (1989 c). Very closely related to bowdoini . Orr believed that this species was synonymous with M. stejnegeri (see Mead et al., 1982). Hubbs (1946) first identified the holotype of this species as M. bowdoini .