Published December 31, 1993 | Version v1
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Mesoplodon carlhubbsi Moore 1963

Description

Mesoplodon carlhubbsi Moore, 1963. Am. Midi. Nat., 70:396, figs. 1-3, 7, 8, 13-15.

TYPE LOCALITY: "La Jolla, California, 32° 51' 41" N. Lat., 117° 15' 19" W. Long."

DISTRIBUTION: North Pacific: temperate waters.

STATUS: CITES - Appendix II.

COMMENTS: Reviewed by J. G. Mead (1989c). Very closely related to bowdoini. Orr believed that this species was synonymous with M. stejnegeri (see Mead et al., 1982). Hubbs (1946) first identified the holotype of this species as M. bowdoini.

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 362, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7352970

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Biodiversity

Family
Ziphiidae
Genus
Mesoplodon
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Cetacea
Phylum
Chordata
Scientific name authorship
Moore
Species
carlhubbsi
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Mesoplodon carlhubbsi Moore, 1963 sec. Mead & Brownell, 1993