Berardius bairdii Stejneger 1883
Description
Berardius bairdii Stejneger, 1883 —Baird’s Beaked Whale
Berardius bairdii Stejneger, 1883 p.75; Type locality- Commander Islands, Bering Sea, Russia; Kuroda, 1938 p.14; Won, 1968 p.218; Kim et al., p.76; Kim, 2004 p.233.
Range: The species mostly occurs in the cold temperate waters of the North Pacific and ranges into Korean waters during March to October, with peaks of occurrence between May and August. Along the east coast of Korea, B. bairdii migrates from the North as far South as Jumunjin Pier (central east coast) and returns to the North in October (Fig. 86). Several strandings and by-catch in the East Sea are recorded every year (Kim 2004).
Remarks: None.
Conservation status: The species is listed by CITES on Appendix I. This species is not protected by either South Korea or North Korea.
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Family
- Hyperoodontidae
- Genus
- Berardius
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Cetacea
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Scientific name authorship
- Stejneger
- Species
- bairdii
- Taxon rank
- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Berardius bairdii Stejneger, 1883 sec. Jo, Baccus & Koprowski, 2018
References
- Stejneger, L. (1883) Contributions to the history of the Commander Islands. No. 1. - Notes on the Natural History, Including descriptions of new Cetaceans. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 6, 58 - 89. https: // doi. org / 10.5479 / si. 00963801.344.58
- Kuroda, N. (1938) A list of the Japanese Mammals. Published by Author, Tokyo, 122 pp.
- Won, H. K. (1968) The mammals of Korea. Institute of Science Press, Pyeongyang, 408 pp. [in Korean]
- Kim, Z. G. (2004) Suborder Pinnipedia & Order Cetacea. In: Won, B. O. (Ed.), The mammals of Korea. Dongbang Media Press, Seoul, pp. 184 - 254. [in Korean]