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--> FAMILY Ziphiidae
--> GENUS Mesoplodon
SPECIES Mesoplodon ginkgodens
Author: | Nishiwaki and Kamiya, 1958. | Citation: | Sci. Rep. Whales Res. Inst. (Tokyo), 13: 53, 13 figs., 17 pls. | Common Name: | Ginkgo-toothed Beaked Whale | Type Locality: | Japan, "Oiso Beach, Sagami Bay, near Tokyo." | Distribution: | North Pacific and Indian Oceans: warm-temperate to tropical waters; Japan, Taiwan, Baja California, Mexico, Sri Lanka, Indonesia and Australia. | Status: | CITES – Appendix II; IUCN – Data Deficient. | Comments: | Reviewed by J. G. Mead (1989c). |
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| Offspring: | Synonyms:
hotaula Deraniyagala, 1963
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