Mesoplodon mirus True, 1913

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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DOI

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scientific name

Mesoplodon mirus True, 1913
status

 

Mesoplodon mirus True, 1913 . Smithson. Mise. Coll., 60(25):1.

TYPE LOCALITY: USA, "stranded in the outer bank of Bird Island Shoal in the harbor of Beaufort, North Carolina " .

DISTRIBUTION: North Atlantic, South Atlantic coast of South Africa, Australia: temperate waters.

STATUS: CITES - Appendix II.

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

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Cetacea

Family

Ziphiidae

Genus

Mesoplodon