Mesoplodon ginkgodens Nishiwaki and Kamiya, 1958

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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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7352970

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7155093

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scientific name

Mesoplodon ginkgodens Nishiwaki and Kamiya, 1958
status

 

Mesoplodon ginkgodens Nishiwaki and Kamiya, 1958 . Sci. Rep. Whales Res. Inst. (Tokyo), 13:53, 13 figs., 17 pls.

TYPE LOCALITY: Japan, "Oiso Beach, Sagami Bay, near Tokyo."

DISTRIBUTION: North Pacific and Indian Oceans: warm-temperate to tropical waters; Japan, Taiwan, Baja California, Sri Lanka, Indonesia and Australia.

STATUS: CITES - Appendix II.

SYNONYMS: hotaula .

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

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Cetacea

Family

Ziphiidae

Genus

Mesoplodon