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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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    vegae Malm, 1883

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