Published December 31, 1993 | Version v1
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Mesoplodon mirus True 1913

Description

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).

Notes

Published as part of James G. Mead & Robert L. Brownell, Jr., 1993, Order Cetacea, pp. 349-364 in Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London :Smithsonian Institution Press on page 363, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7352970

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Biodiversity

Family
Ziphiidae
Genus
Mesoplodon
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Cetacea
Phylum
Chordata
Scientific name authorship
True
Species
mirus
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Mesoplodon mirus True, 1913 sec. Mead & Brownell, 1993