Mesoplodon europaeus (Gervais, 1855)

James H. Honacki, Kenneth E. Kinman & James W. Koeppl, 1982, Order Cetacea, Mammal Species of the World (1 st Edition), Lawrence, Kansas, USA: Alien Press, Inc. & The Association of Systematics Collections, pp. 290-304 : 301

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.7352983
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7212115
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scientific name	Mesoplodon europaeus (Gervais, 1855)
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Treatment

Mesoplodon europaeus (Gervais, 1855) . Hist. Nat. Mamm., 2: 320.

TYPE LOCALITY: "English Channel."

DISTRIBUTION: Temperate and tropical waters of the North Atlantic.

COMMENT: Aside from the type, and one specimen from Guinea-Bissau, it is known only from the western North Atlantic (JGM, DWR).

PROTECTED STATUS: CITES - Appendix II as Order Cetacea .

ISIS NUMBER: 5301411005004005001.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Class	Mammalia
Order	Cetacea
Family	Ziphiidae
Genus	Mesoplodon

Mesoplodon europaeus (Gervais, 1855)

James H. Honacki, Kenneth E. Kinman & James W. Koeppl 1982

1982

Mesoplodon europaeus (Gervais, 1855)

Gervais 1855: 320

1855

Specimens

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