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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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