Mesoplodon europaeus (Gervais, 1855)

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 : 362-363

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scientific name	Mesoplodon europaeus (Gervais, 1855)
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Mesoplodon europaeus (Gervais, 1855) . Hist. Nat. Mammifères, 2:320.

TYPE LOCALITY: English Channel, "qui provient d'un individu harponné dans la Manche."

DISTRIBUTION: Aside from the type, one specimen from Ireland, one specimen from Guinea-Bissau, and three records from Ascension Isl, it is only known from the W North Atlantic: temperate to tropical waters.

STATUS: CITES - Appendix II.

SYNONYMS: gervaisi .

COMMENTS: Reviewed by J. G. Mead (1989c). The type was not harpooned, as stated by Gervais, but was found as a "cadavre" (Deslongschamps, 1866:177).