Mesoplodon grayi Von Haast 1876

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 : 742

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Mesoplodon grayi Von Haast 1876
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Mesoplodon grayi Von Haast 1876

Mesoplodon grayi Von Haast 1876 , Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1876: 9.

Type Locality: New Zealand, "the Chatham Islands ... from specimens stranded... on the Waitangi beach of the main island of that group." .

Vernacular Names: Gray's Beaked Whale.

Synonyms: Mesoplodon australis Flower 1878 ; Mesoplodon haasti Flower 1878 .

Distribution: Southern hemisphere: cold-temperate waters; one specimen found in the Netherlands ( Boschma, 1950:779).

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

Discussion: Reviewed by J. G. Mead (1989 c).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Cetacea

Family

Ziphiidae

Genus

Mesoplodon

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Mesoplodon grayi Von Haast 1876

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn 2005
2005
Loc

Mesoplodon grayi

Von Haast 1876: 9
1876
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