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Ziphiidae

Description

Family Ziphiidae

REVIEWED BY: J. G. Mead (JGM); D. W. Rice (DWR); O. L. Rossolimo (OLR)(U.S. S.R.).

COMMENT: Called Hyperoodontidae by some authors, but see Van Bree, 1974, Bijdr. Dierk. D., 44(2):235-238. Family reviewed by Moore, 1968, Fieldiana Zool., 53:209-298.

PROTECTED STATUS: CITES - Appendix II as Order Cetacea.

ISIS NUMBER: 5301411005000000000.

Notes

Published as part of James H. Honacki, Kenneth E. Kinman & James W. Koeppl, 1982, Order Cetacea, pp. 290-304 in Mammal Species of the World (1 st Edition), Lawrence, Kansas, USA :Alien Press, Inc. & The Association of Systematics Collections on page 299, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7352983

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Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Cetacea
Family
Ziphiidae
Taxon rank
family

References

  • van Bree, P. J. H., and I. Kristensen. 1974. On the intriguing stranding of four Cuvier's beaked whales Ziphius cavirostris G. Cuvier 1823 on the Lesser Antillean island of Bonaire. Bijdragen Tot De Dierkunde, 44 (2): 235 - 238.
  • Moore, J. C. 1968. Relationships among the living genera of beaked whales with classifications, diagnoses and keys. Fieldiana: Zoology, 53 (4): 209 - 298.