Mesoplodon peruvianus Reyes, Mead, and Van Waerebeek, 1991

James G. Mead & Robert L. Brownell, Jr., 1993, Order Cetacea, Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London: Smithsonian Institution Press, pp. 349-364 : 363

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1-56098-217-9

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7155106

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scientific name

Mesoplodon peruvianus Reyes, Mead, and Van Waerebeek, 1991
status

 

Mesoplodon peruvianus Reyes, Mead, and Van Waerebeek, 1991 . Marine Mammal Sci., 7(1):1, 6 figs.

TYPE LOCALITY: "Playa Paraiso ( 11 ° 12’ S), Huacho, Lima, Peru."

DISTRIBUTION: E South Pacific, E North Pacific: cold-temperate to tropical waters. Known from the coast of Peru between Playa Paraiso ( 11 °S) and San Juan de Marcona ( 15°S). Two specimens are known from near La Paz, Baja California, Mexico (Urban-Ramirez and Aurioles-Gamboa, in press).

STATUS: CITES - Appendix II.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Cetacea

Family

Ziphiidae

Genus

Mesoplodon

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