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--> ORDER CETACEA
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--> FAMILY Ziphiidae
--> GENUS Berardius
SPECIES Berardius bairdii
Author: | Stejneger, 1883. | Citation: | Proc. U.S. Natl. Mus., 6: 75. | Common Name: | Baird’s Beaked Whale | Type Locality: | Russia, Commander Isls, "found stranded in Stare Gavan, on the eastern shore of Bering Island". | Distribution: | North Pacific: temperate waters. | Status: | CITES – Appendix I; IUCN – Lower Risk (cd). | Comments: | Reviewed by Balcomb (1989); possibly a subspecies of arnuxii, see Davies (1963) and McLachlan et al. (1966). |
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