Mesoplodon bidens (Sowerby, 1804)

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 : 300

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scientific name	Mesoplodon bidens (Sowerby, 1804)
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Mesoplodon bidens (Sowerby, 1804) . Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond., 7:310.

TYPE LOCALITY: U.K., Scotland, Elginshire, Brodie House .

DISTRIBUTION: North Atlantic and Baltic Sea, temperate to subarctic waters.

COMMENT: The alleged occurrence of this species in the Mediterranean Sea was discussed by P. J. H. van Bree, 1975, Ann. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. Genova, 80:226- 228, who considered the evidence unconvincing.

PROTECTED STATUS: CITES - Appendix II as Order Cetacea .

ISIS NUMBER: 5301411005004001001.