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SPECIES Mesoplodon densirostris

Author:Blainville, 1817.
Citation:Nouv. Dict. Hist. Nat., Nouv. ed., 9: 178.
Common Name:Blainville’s Beaked Whale
Type Locality:None given, unknown.
Distribution:World-wide: temperate to tropical waters.
Status:CITES – Appendix II; IUCN – Data Deficient.
Comments:Reviewed by J. G. Mead (1989c).
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    seychellensis (Gray, 1846)

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