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--> ORDER CETACEA
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--> FAMILY Ziphiidae
--> GENUS Mesoplodon
SPECIES Mesoplodon carlhubbsi
Author: | Moore, 1963. | Citation: | Am. Midl. Nat., 70: 396, figs. 1-3, 7, 8, 13-15. | Common Name: | Hubbs’ Beaked Whale | Type Locality: | "La Jolla, California, 32° 51' 41" N. Lat., 117° 15' 19" W. Long." | Distribution: | North Pacific: temperate waters. | Status: | CITES – Appendix II; IUCN – Data Deficient. | 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. |
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