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--> FAMILY Ziphiidae
--> GENUS Mesoplodon
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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| Offspring: | Synonyms:
seychellensis (Gray, 1846)
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